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  • Immigration experts share how to push back against Trump’s actions

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    MARBLEHEAD — A panel of local immigration experts shared how people can push back against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, including donating to legal defense funds for immigrants or volunteering to accompany local immigrants to court hearings.

    During a panel discussion on immigration enforcement Tuesday night, experts said people can also challenge local police departments’ use of security technology from companies such as Flock Security, which allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement to access license plate data collected by local law enforcement.

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  • Salisbury Democrats to hold caucus

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    SALISBURY — The Salisbury Democratic Town Committee will hold a caucus Feb. 28 at the Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Road, to elect delegates to attend as voting members of the Democratic State Convention.

    The snow date is March 7. Caucus registration takes place between 9:30 and 10 a.m. The caucus begins at 10 a.m. All are welcome to observe the proceedings.

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  • Immigration experts share how locals can push back against Trump’s actions

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    MARBLEHEAD — A panel of local immigration experts shared ways people can push back against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, including donating to legal defense funds for immigrants or volunteering to accompany local immigrants to court hearings.

    During a panel discussion on immigration enforcement Tuesday night, experts said citizens can also challenge local police departments’ use of security technology from companies like Flock Security, which allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement to access license plate data collected by local law enforcement.

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  • Beacon Hill targets AI in political advertising

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    BOSTON — Doctored photos and video footage coupled with ads twisting candidates’ words have been used for decades in political campaigns, but the rise of artificial intelligence has elevated such deceptive tactics to a new level.

    That has prompted a bipartisan push on Beacon Hill for restrictions on the misuse of the technology to sway voters and bash political opponents.

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  • Lawmakers urged to ‘opt out’ of federal mandates

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    BOSTON — Unions, advocates for low-income workers and other groups urged state lawmakers on Thursday to permanently “opt out” of several new federal laws enacted as part of President Donald Trump’s tax cut and policy bill, warning of the impact on the state’s coffers.

    The Legislature’s Revenue Committee is considering a proposal by Gov. Maura Healey that would delay implementation of what she described as the five “most costliest” changes in federal tax code created by Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act until next year.

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  • Out-of-state group funding pot law repeal

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    BOSTON — A Virginia-based group is leading an initiative to repeal Massachusetts’ 2016 recreational cannabis law, and putting hundreds of thousands of dollars behind the effort, according to newly released campaign finance data.

    The anti-legalization group Smart Approaches to Marijuana, has contributed more than $1.5 million to proposed referendum that would effectively halt recreational cannabis sales by forcing the state’s $1.7 billion industry to convert to medical pot shops. It would also ban non-medical home growing.

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  • Out-of-state group funds pot law repeal

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    BOSTON — A Virginia-based group is leading an initiative to repeal Massachusetts’ 2016 recreational cannabis law and putting hundreds of thousands of dollars behind the effort, according to newly released campaign finance data.

    The anti-legalization group Smart Approaches to Marijuana has contributed more than $1.5 million to a proposed referendum that would effectively halt recreational cannabis sales by forcing the state’s $1.7 billion industry to convert to medical pot shops. It would also ban nonmedical home growing.

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  • Healey seeks to delay federal tax cuts

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    BOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is seeking to blunt the impact to state coffers from changes to the federal tax code under President Donald Trump’s new tax cuts and policy law, but business groups say the move would hurt Massachusetts’ competitiveness.

    Healey has filed legislation that would delay implementation of what she described as the five “most costliest” changes in federal tax code created by Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act until next year.

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  • Healey touts record, highlights upcoming agenda

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    BOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey vows to reduce energy costs, improve health care, build more housing, fix the state’s transportation system, and push back against the Trump administration’s divisive policies.

    Settling into her fourth year in office and seeking another term in the November elections, Healey used her State of the Commonwealth address on Thursday to tout her accomplishments and outline her priorities for 2026 and beyond.

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  • Healey touts record, highlights upcoming agenda

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    BOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey vows to reduce energy costs, improve health care, build more housing, fix the state’s transportation system, and push back against the Trump administration’s divisive policies. 

    Settling into her fourth year in office and seeking another term in the November elections, Healey used her State of the Commonwealth address on Thursday to tout her accomplishments and outline her priorities for 2026 and beyond.

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  • MLK’s dreams are still unfulfilled, Salem State professor shares in Gloucester

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    GLOUCESTER — Many of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams for America are still just that, a biographer of the Civil Rights leader explained to a crowd at the Gloucester Universalist Unitarian Church on Monday afternoon.

    “Over a half century after his death, King matters because his social and political agenda has largely been unfulfilled,” said Salem State University Professor Jamie Wilson, the author of “Martin Luther King Jr.: A Life in American History.”

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  • New group to oppose repeal of recreational pot law

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    BOSTON — Backers of recreational cannabis have formed a committee to oppose a referendum inching toward the November ballot that would repeal the state’s 2016 pot law.

    The group behind the ballot initiative, Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts, wants to effectively halt recreational cannabis sales and prohibit non-medical home growing, among other changes.

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  • U.S. Senate moves to limit Trump’s war powers

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    BOSTON — Massachusetts’ two U.S. senators have joined other Democrats and a handful of Republicans in passing a war powers resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s military action in Venezuela, as the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote on a similar measure.

    The Senate voted 52-47 Thursday to approve a resolution that prohibits further U.S. military action in Venezuela, unless Congress authorizes it. The move comes after Trump ordered the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who were brought to New York to face drug trafficking and weapons charges.

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  • Methuen council shoots down increase in mayoral powers on contracts

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    METHUEN — A bid by Mayor D.J Beauregard aimed at increasing government efficiency through cutting down on City Council oversight failed resoundingly.

    The council voted 7-2 on Monday against approving an ordinance, proposed by Beauregard, to raise the dollar limit from $25,000 to $50,000 on contracts not requiring council approval.

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  • Moulton hits Markey over prior support for war authorization

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    BOSTON — An expected vote by the U.S. Senate on a war powers resolution to restrict U.S. military action in Venezuela has become a campaign issue in the Democratic primary race between incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and challenger U.S Rep. Seth Moulton.

    The Senate on Thursday is poised to vote on a war powers resolution, filed by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, to halt President Donald Trump’s use of military force against Venezuela. The move comes after Trump ordered the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who were brought to New York to face drug trafficking and weapons charges.

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  • Region’s lawmakers slam Trump’s invasion of Venezuela

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    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president and his wife drew swift and harsh rebukes from area members of Congress, who branded the military action as “regime change,” a “rogue attack” and an unauthorized act of war.

    On Friday night, the United States carried out a major military operation in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during the overnight raid in Caracas and removing them from the country. They landed in New York on Saturday to face federal charges related to narco-terrorism and drug trafficking, Trump said in a press conference from his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.

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  • Democrats vow to challenge ban on gender-affirming care

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    BOSTON — Foreshadowing a legal challenge, Massachusetts Attorney General Campbell is joining a chorus of criticism over the Trump administration’s move to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors at hospitals that depend on federal funding.

    On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued new regulations that would once finalized, restrict the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical interventions for transgender children.

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  • Markey blasts ‘inadequate’ conditions at ICE facility

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    BOSTON — Sen. Ed Markey is renewing criticism of federal authorities for “inhumane” conditions at a Burlington ICE facility where people detained on immigration violations are held before being transferred to other locations.

    In a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Boston acting Field Office Director David Wesling, Markey said after a meeting with him and other officials Dec. 11 he “continues to be alarmed by the allegations of overcrowding and inadequate conditions” at the Burlington facility, “as well as by ICE’s arrest dragnet.”

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  • Moulton pitches wealth tax in bid for Senate

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    BOSTON — Congressman Seth Moulton is calling for a tax on the nation’s top earners as he tries to win over progressive voters in his bid to topple Sen. Ed Markey in next year’s Democratic primary.

    Moulton, a Salem Democrat, said he supports a national wealth tax on multimillionaires and closing tax loopholes exploited by corporations and the ultrawealthy.

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  • Healey urges Congress to extend Obamacare credits

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    BOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is renewing calls for Congress to extend Obamacare tax credits, warning that health care premiums for tens of thousands of Bay Staters will skyrocket without legislative action.

    The U.S. Senate was expected to vote earlier this week on a Democratic proposal to extend the premium tax credits implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic and Healey is urging congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump to support the plan.

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