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Massachusetts Families In Overflow Shelters Will Need To Be Recertified To Stay There, Healey Administration Says
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service
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Text of Boston City Council Resolution On Boston Public Schools Accommodating Muslim Students In School System
Editor's Note: The Boston City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 encouraging Boston public schools to encourage and support Muslim students in the school system. The text is below. Below that are images of the three pages of the resolution. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Worried About Recruiting New Cops, Worcester Officials Consider Easing Age Restriction
Worcester officials are considering a proposal to increase the maximum age someone can begin as a city police officer because it's so much harder to recruit people to become police officers than it used to be. "We used to have thousands of people take that exam, and
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Cell Phones, Makeup, and Cereal Behind Distracted Driving ‘Epidemic’ In Massachusetts, State Official Says
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service
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Maura Healey Does About-Face On Disclosing Out-of-State Travel, Says She Was In Puerto Rico With Partner
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service
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Massachusetts Senate Unanimously Backs Its Own Version of Revenge Porn Bill
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service
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Sharon Schools To Stop Giving Students Good Friday and Jewish High Holy Days Off
Good Friday will no longer be a day off for students in Sharon, Massachusetts, starting next school year. Nor will two Jewish holy days. The school district scrapped Good Friday, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah (two days), and the Wednesday before Thanksgiving from the list of days off it provides students.
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Massachusetts Democratic State Senate Candidate Filed Bills To Fine People For Not Voting
A Democratic state Senate candidate in Massachusetts likes voting so much, that he has previously supported fining people who don't vote. In the past, state Representative Dylan Fernandes (D-Falmouth) has filed bills that would give you two options: vote in the November general election every two years or
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