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Opinion | Madeleine May Kunin Wear black pantsuits. Don’t mess with your hair. And don’t cackle.  Opinion | Michael A. Cohen Democrats don’t necessarily need O’Rourke to win back the White House. The bigger challenge will be to win back the Senate.  Although the new chamber is meant to replicate that of historical times, certain changes make it clear this is not the state Senate of the 1800s.  Jason Lewis of Winchester indicated that he wants to go bigger and perhaps bolder than Governor Charlie Baker when it comes to overhauling the state’s education funding formula.  The Mass.

Opinion | Madeleine May Kunin Wear black pantsuits. Don’t mess with your hair. And don’t cackle.  Opinion | Michael A. Cohen Democrats don’t necessarily need O’Rourke to win back the White House. The bigger challenge will be to win back the Senate.  Although the new chamber is meant to replicate that of historical times, certain changes make it clear this is not the state Senate of the 1800s.  Jason Lewis of Winchester indicated that he wants to go bigger and perhaps bolder than Governor Charlie Baker when it comes to overhauling the state’s education funding formula.  The Mass.

Opinion | Madeleine May Kunin Wear black pantsuits. Don’t mess with your hair. And don’t cackle.  Opinion | Michael A. Cohen Democrats don’t necessarily need O’Rourke to win back the White House. The bigger challenge will be to win back the Senate.  Although the new chamber is meant to replicate that of historical times, certain changes make it clear this is not the state Senate of the 1800s.  Jason Lewis of Winchester indicated that he wants to go bigger and perhaps bolder than Governor Charlie Baker when it comes to overhauling the state’s education funding formula.  The Mass.

Demands are growing for special counsel MORE’s final report to be made public, with lawmakers and legal experts raising concerns about how and when that could happen. On Sunday, Democrats including one 2020 presidential candidate framed the conclusion of Mueller's nearly two-year investigation as a crucial moment for transparency.

Complaints about lower refunds and higher taxes are amplifying calls from Northeast and West Coast leaders to do away with the GOP tax law’s limit on the deduction for state and local taxes. The limit on the tax break, known as the SALT deduction, has been one of the most controversial provisions of the tax law, with lawmakers from both parties in high-tax states such as New York and New Jersey arguing that the deduction cap unfairly punishes their voters.  A group of Democratic governors held a press conference on Friday to press Congress to restore the full SALT deduction. "It is appropriate

The Senate is set to escalate a long simmering fight over MORE's judicial nominees. Republicans are poised to confirm a pick for the influential circuit courts next week without the support of either of the nominee's home-state senators—a first for the Trump era. Eric Miller is the first appeals judge to get a vote on the Senate floor this year, and the 31st of Trump’s presidency.

Sen. Bernie Sanders pulled 27 percent support in the first New Hampshire primary since he announced he was running. The Emerson College poll had former Vice President Joe Biden in a close second with 25 percent.  Emerson polled 405 registered New Hampshire voters from February 21-22. Sanders also led primarily in the 18-34 age bracket with a commanding 44 percent with Biden following at just 11 percent.

During a press conference and ceremony blasting President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the southern border, Pelosi received the honor from Laredo, Texas, Mayor Pete Saenz. “While the Republic was short-lived, ten months in all, we still have that spirit of freedom,” Saenz said.