BOSTON – Almost two-thirds of the 80 Republican State Committee members elected last week are pro-life, and there may be more, according to an advocacy group that says it worked the phones prior to the elections on behalf candidates who share its views.
"While the buzz was all about the slates run by the governor and others, members of Mass Citizens were doing their work and making their phone calls," Anne Fox, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, said in a statement. "The results are impressive: out of 80 members of the newly-elected State Committee, 50 are pro-life, 13 are not pro-life. The position of the other 17 is not known at this time."
(CNSNews.com) — For February, the national unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, but for whites alone it was 4.3 percent and for Blacks it was 8.8 percent, more than double the rate of whites, according to the latest data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Asians had the lowest unemployment rate at 3.8 percent, and Hispanics' unemployment rate in February was 5.4 percent.
Whites make up 77.4 percent of the population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Blacks comprise 13.2 percent of the population, Hispanics 17.4 percent, and Asians 5.4 percent.
