Politics
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Ponte: Unless we act, tax increase beginning next year will be over 5% per year for at least 7 years
Fall River City Council President Cliff Ponte issued a letter to the City’s finance teams and the School Department Thursday…
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Biden weighing options on student loan debt cancellation
By Matt Murphy State House News Service APRIL 1, 2021…..President Joe Biden is still considering his options for student loan…
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Lawmakers call oversight hearing in wake of David Almond report
By Colin A. Young/SHNS Following the release of Child Advocate Maria Mossaides’ report detailing the systemic failures that led up…
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Massachusetts sex education advocates take efforts into second decade
By Chris Van Buskirk State House News Service MARCH 30, 2021…..Students in public school districts would receive medically accurate, age…
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CDC’S Walensky: “Right now, I’m Scared”
Michael P. Norton The U.S. on Sunday surpassed 30 million cases of COVID-19 and the most recent seven-day average of…
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Markey, Warren, Sanders, others lead effort to expand, make permanent, thousands in tax credits
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, U.S. Senator of Ohio Sherrod Brown helped lead a group effort on the Senate floor which…
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Massachusetts climate bill; how it happened and what’s next to meet net-zero emissions
By Colin A. Young MARCH 26, 2021…..It took basically all of the last legislative session and the first three months…
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Baker intends to sign climate and emissions bill aimed at net-zero carbon emissions statewide
Chris Lisinski/SHNS Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday that he plans to sign into law a sweeping climate policy bill the…
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Attorney General Healey calls on Facebook, Twitter to stop spread of vaccine disinformation
BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general calling on Facebook and Twitter to…
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Baker agrees with Biden’s July 4 target
Chris Lisinski Gov. Charlie Baker over the weekend defended his administration’s “pretty incremental strategy” to relax COVID-19 restrictions and push…
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