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Cambridge officials press secretary of state to turn migrant shelter into 24/7 operation

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A Cambridge state representative says the migrant crisis has reached a “real boiling point” and is blaming the secretary of state for refusing to consider shifting an overflow shelter at an old courthouse into a 24/7 operation. Rep. Mike Connolly, a Democrat whose district encompasses the old courthouse in East Cambridge, told the Herald on … Read more

Trump’s name drawn bingo-style to appear fifth on Mass. ballot, insurrection aside

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Constitutional law, political perspective, and the practicalities of printing came to a sudden collision in the Massachusetts State Library, when the nation’s longest serving secretary of state made it very clear that former President Donald Trump should appear on his state’s Republican primary ballot, regardless of any alleged participation in insurrection. Secretary of the Commonwealth … Read more