Trying To Ban American Indian Mascots Via A Budget Amendment Is No Way To Govern

Trying To Ban American Indian Mascots Via A Budget Amendment Is No Way To Govern

If the Massachusetts House of Representatives has its way, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will ban schools from having American Indian mascots.

This wouldn't happen because of a bill that made its way through the legislative process. Instead, the House wants to force its will onto municipalities on this social issue via an amendment to the proposed fiscal year 2025 budget. It's Amendment 1458, to be exact — and the legacy media and Democratic majority on Beacon Hill appears to have not said a word about it.

Mother of Four Babies Found Dead In Freezer In South Boston Won’t Be Charged, District Attorney Says
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Mother of Four Babies Found Dead In Freezer In South Boston Won’t Be Charged, District Attorney Says

Matthew McDonald

The woman who gave birth to four babies whose bodies were found in her freezer in South Boston will not be charged with a crime because investigators can't determine if the babies were born alive or what happened to them, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said.

DNA testing determined that the mother of the babies is Alexis Aldamir, 69, who lived at 838 East Broadway in South Boston from about April 1982 until shortly before her brother and his wife discovered the bodies of the babies frozen solid in the freezer on November 17, 2022, the county's chief prosecutor said.

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