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It’s been more than two decades since the last significant tax cut, when voters — not legislators — approved a measure to slice the state’s income tax to 5 percent.

The most prevalent view among likely presidential Republican presidential primary voters in New Hampshire is that too many Massachusetts residents are moving to their side of the border.

More than a dozen local Democratic activists told the Globe that they’ve long wanted to see more transparency from the Legislature.

The original bill was filed in June, sparking loud pushback from gun groups and a protest from Senate Democrats, who fought with the House over which committee should hold a public hearing on the bill.

“Given the scale of the crisis that Massachusetts is facing, we have to try all the things,” the Newton Democrat said in an interview.

The Department of Homeland Security is coordinating with Boston and state leaders “to identify ways we can continue to maximize our support for communities that are addressing the needs of migrants.”

The police chiefs’ issues with the bill including a provision that limits gun owners may bring their weapons. He pointed out that the law includes off-duty police officers and state troopers, and that “criminals will not be deterred by these measures.”

Mitchell, 15, was walked out of the Sheraton Nashua by multiple Nashua police officers just before 4 p.m.

Trump’s comments on Israel and Hamas reverberated in speeches and interviews during the first day of a cattle call-style event in a Nashua hotel.

Iowa's incentive program matched whatever a business was willing to spend funding new slots for their employees at local child-care centers or building on-site child-care facilities.