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Warren Endorses Biden

Matthew McDonald

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden received an endorsement from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday morning. 

Warren, who unsuccessfully ran for the party's nomination, put out a tweet voicing her support for the former vice president on Wednesday, April 15.

Massachusetts in Poor Position to Pay Out Unemployment Compensation, Research Shows
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Massachusetts in Poor Position to Pay Out Unemployment Compensation, Research Shows

Tom Joyce

The way Massachusetts is handing out unemployment benefits is not sustainable, recent analysis from The Tax Foundation states.

On April 9, Jared Walczak, the director of state tax policy for The Tax Foundation, a pro-growth, tax-skeptical think tank in Washington D.C., calculated how long every state could pay out unemployment benefits at the rate it is currently paying amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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