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BOSTON – U.S. Senator Edward Markey, U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, and community activists spoke to a fired-up crowd at the Irish Famine Memorial on Tuesday afternoon to defend affordable health care, workers' rights, and immigrants' rights in the face of possible challenges by the Trump
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In 1775 the American Revolution was started by liberal Democrats who today would be fighting for illegal immigration, government-dominated health care, and a higher minimum wage. That's the gist of a point U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-Chevy Chase) made at the We Will Resist rally in Downtown
Maura Healey
Her stardom may be on the rise nationally, but Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey insists she has no aspirations to challenge Governor Charlie Baker in 2018. "I'm giving you the same answer that I've given when asked — you know, as lawyers sometimes you get in
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Michael Novak died on February 17. He was an intellectual giant – the finest writer on public policy, faith, and social issues in decades. It is hard to believe that he is no longer with us, but his thought and his books will affect America for years to come. Of his
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This coming Monday we will mark a state and federal holiday. To judge from car ads, calendars, and common conversation, more and more people have no idea what it is. Those old enough to remember a simpler time will recall that the third Monday in February was known as Washington&
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BOSTON — Upon exiting a Democratic caucus that focused on how to react legislatively to the new administration of President Donald Trump, House Speaker Robert DeLeo told reporters at one point during the media scrum that he has heard a common refrain relayed by lawmakers to him from their constituents: "
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BOSTON — One of the state's leading fiscal responsibility watchdogs is hopping mad after leaders on Beacon Hill broached the possibility of raising taxes in order to meet budget demands, weeks after lawmakers rammed through a series of legislative pay raises. House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) told reporters earlier
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In 1832, South Carolina held a state convention which adopted the Ordinance of Nullification. This Ordinance declared that the Federal Tariff of 1832 was "null and void." In effect, South Carolina was stating formally that a federal law dealing with a tariff law, which was felt to be
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