A nine-year-old Massachusetts’ girl dropped 50 cents into a supermarket vending machine hoping to get some tattoos. Instead, she received a fake $1,000,000 bill depicting Barack Obama as a sheep in an afro with gold earrings saying, “I’m baaaad.”
On the backside of the bill was an anti-health care reform plug.
“This bill is good for four [...]

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When the Democratic Party gets this desperate in Massachusetts, they have a problem. Getting a Democrat elected in Massachusetts should be like getting a Republican elected in Utah, but it may not happen in Tuesday’s Senate race.
Martha Coakley has run a horrible campaign. The only thing worse is that her allies in the Democratic Party [...]

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Two Massachusetts lawmakers want to shed some light on a problem plaguing Boston Parks. The culprit is shadows.
State Representatives Byron Rushing and Martha Walz want to limit high-rise buildings over public parks. They claim park visitors deserve as much sunlight as possible when in public spaces. Currently, several buildings cast mid-day shadows over some Boston [...]

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The recent change in marijuana laws in Massachusetts has left public smoking of the herb up in the air.
The city officials of Framingham are preparing to add marijuana smoking to the anti-smoking ordinance that imposes a $50 fine for smoking in public places, such as restaurants and offices.
The ban would also fine the owner of [...]

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Many Massachusetts police departments are so frustrated with a law passed in November decriminalizing marijuana that they are refusing to enforce it. Essentially, in many areas of the state, marijuana police will ignore possession.
The law, which passed by 65% of the vote decriminalizes possession of less than an ounce to a civil violation of a [...]

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Former Massachusetts state Senator James Marzilli was defeated for reelection this past year.  Marzilli, with 23 years of public service, is requesting that his state pension be doubled because he was defeated.
In June, Marzilli was arrested when he attempted to grab the crotch of a woman on a park bench in downtown Lowell. He also [...]

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Former state Senator Diane Wilkerson of Massachusetts returned to her old office at the statehouse and began dumping piles of paperwork. Wilkerson, who resigned last week, is facing bribery charges for receiving $23,500 in a federal sting operation.
Senate President Therese Murray heard of Wilkerson’s arrival and had her removed from her old office. Wilkerson is under court [...]

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In Attleboro, Massachusetts, the city is threatening a 74-year-old blind woman with a lien on her house because she owes 1 cent on a 2007-2008 utility bill.
Eileen Wilbur’s daughter opened her mail and told her the city threatened a lien on her house, and the 1 cent bill would increase to $48 if not paid [...]

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Embattled State Senator Dianne Wilkerson of Massachusetts has asked the court to appoint a lawyer for her. 
Wilkerson is facing federal charges of extortion and public corruption charges after allegedly stuffing $1,000 in her bra. Altogether, she is accused of receiving $23,500 in bribes for liquor licenses and real estate deals.
Wilkerson has also asked for changes [...]

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Liberal Massachusetts, once derided as Taxachusetts by conservatives, is on the verge of doing a very non-liberal thing. A ballot proposition to eliminate the state income tax is in a dead-even race.
Eliminating the 5.3% state income tax would cut $12.5 billion from the state’s $28 billion budget. The elimination of the income tax would create [...]

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