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BOSTON – Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton urged attendees ahead of a panel discussion on refugee resettlement in New England to resist "denying the American dream" to those living in peril abroad, but a former State Department foreign service officer reminded listeners that the asylum vetting process isn&
Massachusetts
BOSTON – The Legislature's Committee on Revenue on Thursday morning gave its stamp of approval to a proposed constitutional amendment that would establish a 4 percent surtax on income in excess of $1 million in a bid to raise $1.9 billion. The proposal (H. 3933) seeks to raise
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BOSTON – Donald Trump's decision to skip Thursday night's Republican presidential debate came as a surprise to the head of Ted Cruz's campaign in Massachusetts, who said his candidate would have benefited from another chance to draw a contrast with the frontrunner. "I don&
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday likened the Republican presidential race to a "gift from the Lord" for Democrats trying to win control of the House and Senate. Biden joked to House Democrats at their annual retreat in Baltimore that he doesn't know who
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Mayor Buddy Cianci, the wisecracking political rogue who presided over the revitalization of Providence during two stints in office cut short by criminal charges and a prison sentence for corruption, died Thursday. He was 74. Cianci's employer, WLNE-TV, and a friend, Artin Coloian,
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ADEL, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton pressed the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday to add a presidential debate before next month's New Hampshire primary, seeking another high-profile exchange with rival Bernie Sanders. The push by Clinton for more debates — and Sanders' resistance to adding another forum — underscores his
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BOSTON – Long-time refugee and immigration advocate Seth Moulton, the sixth district Democratic congressman from Salem, will open a discussion on the topic Thursday with a panel of experts dealing with the region's response to Mideast refugee crisis. A Marine Corps combat veteran who served in Iraq, Moulton has
Massachusetts
BOSTON – The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would create a state Office of Health Equity, which supporters said would work toward eliminating health disparities based on factors like race and income. State Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez, a Jamaica Plain Democrat and the bill's sponsor,
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