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David Perdue, a former chief executive of Dollar General, won Tuesday’s Republican runoff in Georgia to become his party’s Senate nominee.
You don’t have to go to the beach to look for flip-flops this summer. There’s a pair in the gubernatorial race.
A Globe poll found Mass. voters split on providing temporary shelter for up to 1,000 unaccompanied immigrant children on a state air base.
David Perdue, a former chief executive of Dollar General, won Tuesday’s Republican runoff in Georgia to become his party’s Senate nominee.
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Capital Quiz: Lieutenant governor triviaThe office of Massachusetts lieutenant governor isn’t particularly glamorous, but some lieutenants have gone on to later fame of all sorts.
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