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Should undocumented immigrants in Mass. be able to get driver’s licenses? Question 4 puts issue to the voters.

Currently, people without legal status in Massachusetts can attend public schools, qualify for free school meals, partake in some housing assistance programs, and receive public health services such as vaccinations.

City Council votes in favor of salary increases for mayor, councilors — bumping pay higher than Mayor Wu proposed
Under the plan, which the 13-member body passed unanimously, the mayor’s annual salary would increase to $250,000 from $207,000, while councilors’ would climb to $125,000 from $103,500.

Sleepwalking into a third COVID winter? Neither Healey nor Diehl have shared a plan for the pandemic.
Neither major party candidate for governor in Massachusetts has articulated their plans for how they might manage another surge, if elected.

National politics news

Jan. 6 committee schedules next public hearing for Oct. 13

It will be the panel’s first public session since the summer, when lawmakers worked through a series of tightly scripted hearings that attracted millions of viewers and touched on nearly every aspect of the Capitol insurrection.

Biden to mark IBM investment with Democrats in tough races

President Biden is ready to celebrate a new $20 billion investment by IBM in New York’s Hudson River Valley with two House Democrats running in competitive races in next month’s critical midterm elections.

Mom of Walker’s child says he paid for her abortion, report says

A woman who said Herschel Walker paid for her 2009 abortion is the mother of one of his children, according to a new report Wednesday.

Liz Cheney says Arizona GOP candidates threaten democracy

Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney on Wednesday said the Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state pose a huge risk for democracy because both say they will refuse to certify election results if they don’t like the results.

Biden juggles Iran nuclear talks as Iranian repression grows

President Biden has hit back at Iran over the government’s brutal crackdown on antigovernment protests. He’s praised the “brave women of Iran” for demanding basic rights and signaled that he’ll announce more sanctions against those responsible for violence against protesters in the coming days.

For Pelosi and McCarthy, a toxic relationship worsens as elections approach

She has called him a “moron.” He has mused publicly — purely in jest, his aides later insisted — about wanting to hit her with the oversized wooden gavel used to keep order in the House.

President Biden to storm-ravaged Florida: ‘We’re not going to leave’

President Biden surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida on Wednesday, promising to marshal the power of the federal government to help rebuild as he comforted local residents alongside Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 foe.

Georgia Senate bombshell dials up questions about the quality of GOP candidates

The episode underscored how, in a year when the political headwinds would seem to favor Republicans, their controversial nominees — many of whom won primaries with the support of former president Donald Trump — are hamstrung in winnable races.

Federal money to replace Cape Cod bridges has yet to arrive, but lawmakers maintain confidence

The project failed to receive any funding in the first round of grants awarded in September by the US Department of Transportation.

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in review of Mar-a-Lago records

Former president Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in litigation over documents marked as classified that the FBI removed from his Florida estate, saying that an appeals court had lacked jurisdiction to rule on the matter.

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute

The Trump team asked the court to overturn a lower court ruling and permit an independent arbiter, or special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classified markings that were taken in the Aug. 8 search.

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