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The speech comes as a new ABC Washington Post poll found a majority of Americans don't think President Biden has accomplished much.
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The Republican's executive editor, Cynthia Simison, is retiring from the post in the coming weeks. She's been at the paper since 1977 and is the first woman to hold the top job in the newsroom. Simison will be succeeded by another veteran western Massachusetts journalist and editor, Larry Parnass.
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Massachusetts is one of the least transparent states in the country when it comes to what happens in the Legislature. For years lawmakers have talked about becoming more transparent, but it may take a bit longer to get there.
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A 41-mile stretch of the Housatonic River in Connecticut has been designated ‘Wild and Scenic’ by the federal government. It’s the result of a decades-long effort by conservationists — and it comes with perks.
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The average household will see their monthly gas bill decrease by about 4-5%.
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It won't be around for too long, but Massachusetts may see some of the coldest weather it's experienced in years Friday evening into Saturday.
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Massachusetts casinos began taking bets Tuesday after years of discussion and debate on Beacon Hill around legalizing sports betting.
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For the current school year, 55%of students of color who applied to a vocational program in Massachusetts were admitted, compared to approximately 69% of white students.
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From 2001 to 2021, the inflation-adjusted national average for state-provided financial aid per full-time equivalent student increased 15%, researchers found. Over the same span, the inflation-adjusted amount of state aid per FTE Massachusetts student dropped 47%.
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An ancient key stashed in a produce bag, and passed down through the generations, made Sarah Dixwell Brown curious to learn more about it. She chronicled her path to discovering that her seven-greats-grandfather was among those men who signed the death warrant for King Charles I of England.