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Boston Globe - Politics

Proposed budget from state lawmakers won't raise taxes and includes review of school funding -- Massachusetts House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled details of a $63 billion budget deal they said would not raise taxes on residents or businesses.

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Revolt by Republicans paralyzes House of Representatives -- A Republican blockade derailed a Pentagon policy bill and other legislation as the far right pressed for action on a voting bill championed by President Trump.

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Nursing gains 'professional' label for student loans after judge's ruling, but theology now dropped

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Live updates - Supreme Court preserves birthright citizenship, upholds state bans on trans athletes in girls' sports - The decisions come on the final day of a Supreme Court term that has centered on Trump's expansive claims of presidential power — and largely ruled in his favor.

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Supreme Court allows states to bar transgender athletes from girls' sports -- WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld two state laws barring the participation of transgender female athletes from girls' and women's sports teams.

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No, the Supreme Court campaign finance ruling isn't game changing — it even has silver linings

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N.H. delegation members highlight bipartisan housing legislation that President Trump abruptly refrained from signing

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The Supreme Court will issue rulings on multiple major cases today. Here's a breakdown of what's coming.

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State & local politics

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Supreme Court decision on transgender athletes 'paves the way' for N.H. to enforce its girls sports law, governor says -- The impact of the US Supreme Court's ruling on a pending lawsuit in New Hampshire won't necessarily be immediate, as the plaintiffs vow to keep fighting.

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IMMIGRATION - R.I. leaders blast Supreme Court ruling stripping protections for Haitians - "Sending people back under these conditions will expose them to sex trafficking, sexual violence, kidnapping, extortion, and death," said Bernard Georges, of New Bridges for Haitian Success.

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Long vexed by ballot questions, Mass. House Democrats want options for overhauling process -- Massachusetts House lawmakers plan to pass legislation Wednesday targeting the state's ballot question process and the paid signature gatherers who help campaigns get their proposals before voters.

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Harvard professor with polarizing alien theories is picked to lead new White House UFO council

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The Supreme Court just gave the GOP a new midterm edge

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'Heartbreaking' Supreme Court ruling leaves trans advocates crestfallen

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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump's proposed limits

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NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito's retirement, citing 'misunderstanding'

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Republican Tom Kean Jr. reveals depression diagnosis after his four-month absence from Congress

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