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Mass. House GOP: Audit IRS on targeting of groups
Boston :: MA :: USA | 3 days ago
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Massachusetts House Republicans are weighing in on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups. Republican Leader Brad Jones is planning to offer a resolution in the Massachusetts House condemning the investigation of nonprofit
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UMass eyes freeze for tuition, fees
Boston :: MA :: USA | 18 days ago
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The president of the University of Massachusetts system said tuition and fees would likely be frozen for next year if the state Senate agrees to the level of funding proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick and the House. Stating that we are one step away from
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DeLeo, Murray break Mass. campaign spending tally
Boston :: MA :: USA | 1 month ago
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The top Democrats in the Massachusetts House and Senate have set campaign spending records. Senate President Therese Murray of Plymouth reported expenditures of more than $513,000 last year...Murray held the previous spending record of $474,000 in
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Protesters block traffic outside Mass. Statehouse
Boston :: MA :: USA | 1 month ago
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A group of seniors and people with disabilities used their wheelchairs to shut down traffic in front of the Statehouse minutes before the Massachusetts House was set to debate a major transportation bill...Police arrested four protesters and quickly
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Parties plot strategies to win Senate seat
Warren :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Since the death of Ted Kennedy in 2009, Massachusetts has been in a state of constant campaigning. After almost two decades of Senate stability with Kennedy and John Kerry, the Bay State has now had four senators, two of whom have been interim, in
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Straus, taxpayers group say public doesn't want income tax hike to pay for transportation
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
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New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell carried the torch for South Coast Rail Tuesday as Gov. Deval Patrick's $1 billion-a-year transportation improvement plan got its first airing before a legislative committee. "I urge you to prioritize the construction of
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DiMasi Agonistes and the federal ‘justice' system
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 2 months ago
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The March 7 Boston Globe carries a front-page story about the plight of former House Speaker Sal DiMasi. DiMasi was convicted on federal charges that in effect amounted to political corruption. In an effort to get DiMasi to testify against others,
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Legislative Alchemy: Acupuncture and Homeopathy 2013
Bridgeport :: CT :: USA | 2 months ago
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Mar 07 2013 Acupuncture , or more broadly, Oriental or Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a weird medley of philosophy, religion, superstition, magic, alchemy, astrology, feng shui , divination, sorcery, demonology and quackery. And via the particular
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Mass. House, Senate lawmakers plan budget hearings
Fitchburg :: MA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Massachusetts residents who want to weigh in on the proposed state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 will have plenty of opportunities. The Massachusetts House and Senate Ways and Means committees have scheduled joint public hearings
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Mass. lawmakers approve supplemental budget bill
Boston :: MA :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Massachusetts House approved a budget bill on Wednesday that includes $30 million to pay costs stemming from a drug testing scandal, freezes unemployment insurance rates for businesses and transfers funds from the state's rainy day'' fund to
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