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The Massachusetts House is expected to repeal the state's unpopular new technology tax when it returns from a two-month recess on Wednesday.

First she was for it, and now State Senator Karen Spilka has changed her mind about the new computer software services tax, and wants it repealed!

Same-sex marriage is now legal in Rhode Island. To obtain a marriage license, same-sex couples must go to the clerk’s office in the community where one or both of them live.

The media has ignored the fact that in 2004, then Illinois State Senator, Barack Obama co-sponsored S.B. 2386, which actually broadened that state's stand your ground law! Last Friday, the President made comments that stand your ground laws are sending the wrong message as a society.

A poorly worded law that tried to ban internet cafes in Florida has been revealed to have banned all devices connected to the internet in the state.

The Aaron Hernandez case could take a year or longer before it goes to trial. Why is that? We talked to New Bedford Attorney Michele Rioux about what happens next and why does it take so long?

According to preliminary results of a sound study conducted by the State Department of Environmental Protection, Fairhaven's two industrial-sized wind turbines are in violation of Massachusetts noise regulations.

These days, everything is up for litigation like the issue of panhandling. Recently, Worcester, MA officials passed anti-panhandling ordinances, "including soliciting cash from motorists while standing in the street, on a traffic island and while walking in and out of traffic."

If you live in Nelson, Georgia, the government has decided that you must own a firearm.

Possession of up to one ounce of marijuana is no longer a criminal offense in Rhode Island.