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Maura Healey Wants To Spend $250 Million On Migrant Shelter Crisis
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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Religious Vaccination Exemptions Up For Massachusetts Kindergartners, Data Shows
When it comes to vaccines, Massachusetts saw more kindergartners' families than ever get a religious exemption last year. During the 2022-2023 school year, 813 of the 66,041 kindergartners in the Bay State had religious exemptions against being vaccinated; the 1.23 percent religious exemption rate was the highest
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Worcester City Councilor Challenges City Solicitor For Citing U.S. Supreme Court Decision As Authority In Crisis Pregnancy Centers Measures
A Worcester city councilor who opposes pro-life crisis pregnancy centers chided the city solicitor for using a U.S. Supreme Court decision as an authority without seeking opposing legal opinions. Thu Nguyen, a councilor-at-large who identifies as non-binary and uses the personal pronouns "they" and "them,"
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Massachusetts Shelter System Now Hosting 6,300 Families
By Chris Lisinski and Colin A. Young State House News Service
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Dorchester Heights Revolutionary War Monument To Get $30 Million Restoration — And Why It Matters
A 115-foot-high tower in South Boston that commemorates the evacuation of Boston by British troops in March 1776 will undergo a $30 million restoration starting this coming weekend, officials said. The project, which is scheduled to begin Friday, September 15, is designed to restore the tower and the surrounding landscape
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Don’t Eliminate MCAS Graduation Requirement, Former Governor Jane Swift Says
At least one former governor opposes a potential ballot initiative that would eliminate passing the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests as a graduation requirement in Massachusetts public schools. While the Massachusetts Teachers Association is working on a ballot initiative that would make this change, former Governor Jane Swift, a moderate
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Governor Maura Healey, House Speaker Ronald Mariano On Guest List For Vineyard Wind Ribbon-Cutting In New Bedford
By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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Amid Controversy Over License-Less Car Crash, United Auto Workers Endorses Kendra Lara’s Re-Election Bid To Boston City Council
The controversy surrounding Boston city councilor Kendra Lara's operation of motor vehicles has not stopped one carmaking union from endorsing her re-election bid. United Auto Workers is backing the controversial candidate this fall, Lara revealed when rolling out some of her endorsements last week.
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