Salem passes first-ever override tax hike to build new high school
With a turnout of 19% of the city's voters, 57.5% of voters approved a plan on Tuesday to add around $700 a year to the median tax bill in order to pay for a new high school.
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Abigail Adams implored her husband to ‘remember the ladies.’ Here’s what she meant.
While it’s been used as a rallying cry for women’s political rights, the famous phrase may have had more to do with tyranny at home.
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Mass. House proposes state spending boost, warns of economic uncertainty
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‘It’s changed everything:’ Boston Marathon bombing victims honored 13 years later
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Gov. Maura Healey marked the 13th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing by joining the families of the victims at a wreath-laying ceremony on Boylston Street on Wednesday. -
Pure Oasis owner blames state’s ‘bureaucratic insanity’ for abrupt dispensary closure
Evans says the state Department of Revenue froze his cannabis company's bank account for owing back taxes despite an approved grant — also from the state — that would have paid it down substantially. -
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'The deep stuff': With hope for healing, women jailed on Cape Cod are writing their life stories
Three years ago, a woman incarcerated in the Barnstable County jail asked a member of the sheriff's staff for help with her writing. The jail's response became a class for incarcerated women on writing their own life stories. CAI's Jennette Barnes joined the class for a day.
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