President Barack Obama spoke to student journalists while traveling from North Carolina to Colorado yesterday afternoon.
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Brown, Warren raise big money in Mass. Senate race
Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren sit on different sides of the partisan aisle, but on one point their campaigns are in agreement– the importance of fundraising in what is likely to be a hotly contested race.
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Voting results from Super Tuesday
Here’s a look at the Republican primary and caucus results from Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Oklahoma Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.
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Elephant-sized vote set for Super Tuesday
Voters in 10 states, including Massachusetts, will cast ballots on the four remaining Republican candidates in the running for November’s presidential bid.
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Romney sails to sweeping victory in Nevada
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney scored a landslide victory in the Nevada Republican caucuses on Saturday.
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Romney holds commanding lead in Florida polls on eve of crucial primary
Romney looks to win the Florida primary, despite attack ads that question his political history.
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Morse, Narkewicz win mayoral votes
Alex Morse – a 22-year-old lifelong Holyoke resident and Brown University graduate – has become the youngest mayor in the city’s history, defeating incumbent Elaine Pluta in an election yesterday.
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Multi-million dollar grant to help support employment
Dr. Jill Biden joined Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter to announce the awarding of a $500 million grant to community colleges across America.
Tags: Hilda L. Solis, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, Martha Kanter
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Department of Health and Human Services hosts conference call
The media was invited to a conference call Wednesday sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services where the results of a study were announced claiming the Affordable Care Act helped one million young adults get health insurance.
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, The Young Invincibles
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