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Biden Admin Unveils $13.5 Billion in Funding to Help Americans Lower Energy Costs
The Biden administration said Wednesday it is making $4.5 billion available through a low-income home energy assistance program to help with heating costs heading into what is expected to be a brutal winter.
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Former VP Mike Pence Says He'd ‘Consider' Invite to Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee
Former Vice President Mike Pence said during a speech in New Hampshire on Wednesday morning that he would “consider” an invitation to testify before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. “Well, I would. If there’s an invitation to participate, I would consider it,” he responded to the moderator’s question at the “Politics & Eggs” event at Saint...
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Mass. State Rep. Shares Heartbreaking Story About Fleeing Cambodia as Young Child
Since being sworn into office in January, it has been a whirlwind for Vanna Howard, who is the Bay State’s first female Cambodian-American State Representative. It’s a role she could not have imagined as a young child in Cambodia when she was fleeing the Khmer Rouge.
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‘Faces of COVID' Twitter Account Shows Personal Stories of Pandemic Victims
Back in March, when the coronavirus shut down much of the state and COVID-19 deaths began to dominate the headlines, a new account on Twitter appeared called @FacesOfCOVID. That account now has more than 70,000 followers. The account was started by Alex Goldstein, a resident of Waltham, Massachusetts, who felt compelled to put a face and a story to the…
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Trump's Strongest Asset Could Be His Incumbency, College Dean Says
With Labor Day upon us, as a nation heads back to school and work, Donald Trump and Joe Biden are honing their final strategies in a race that will likely take many twists and turns till Election Day. Both candidates are putting their own spin on the inevitable election year question: are we better off than we were four years…
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‘True to His Character': Romney Advisors Not Surprised He Joined George Floyd Protest
Former Massachusetts governor and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney joined a Black Lives Matter protest in Washington this weekend, making him the first Republican senator to do so and sparking skepticism from both liberals and conservatives about his motives. Romney posted a selfie on social media, showing him wearing a mask as he walked with Christian protesters in D.C. on...
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Deval Patrick Talks Curse of Being Black, Privilege of Being White
Like most Americans, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick was shocked by the video depicting the end of George Floyd’s life at the hands of police. “We black people … are constantly having to swallow and tamp down our frustrations, our suspicions about differences in treatment,” he said. Patrick calls it the curse of being black — constantly asking if the…
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The Coronavirus Recovery Forecast Is Lengthening to ‘Months If Not Years'
As President Donald Trump promises a quick comeback from the coronavirus pandemic and the country tentatively starts to reopen, many are hoping for what some are calling a V-shaped recovery. That’s where the economic uptick happens as quickly as the downturn. But Financial and economic analyst Jim Lowell doesn’t think that outcome is very likely. He subscribes to another prediction:...
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Gov. Baker Discusses What Massachusetts Needs Before Reopening From Coronavirus
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday he’s looking for 14 days of steady declines in positive coronavirus tests before the state can open up again. He also insisted that governors throughout the Northeast will need to coordinate on reopening and that the state’s ambitious contact-tracing system will need to be working well, so that any flare-ups can be quickly...
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Moulton ‘Thinking About' 2020 White House Run
Seth Moulton is weighing a 2020 run for president. Matt Corridoni, Moulton’s communications director, confirmed to NBC10 Boston that the two-term Massachusetts Democrat “is thinking about” joining the race to be his party’s presidential nominee. A rising political star who recently saw a backlash for criticizing U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi assuming the role of House Speaker and may face primary...
