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Quinn Testifies Before Senate
Quinn Testifies Before Senate
Quinn Testifies Before Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The chairman of the New England Fishery Management Council is appealing to the U.S. Senate to allow for more flexibility under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The act serves as the governing standard for fisheries across the country...
Some Descendants of Portuguese Nationals Can Now Apply for Citizenship
Some Descendants of Portuguese Nationals Can Now Apply for Citizenship
Some Descendants of Portuguese Nationals Can Now Apply for Citizenship
If you have a grandparent that was born in Portugal, but you were born in the United States, you can now apply to officially become a Portuguese citizen. O Jornal is reporting that the Council of Ministers in Portugal voted in favor of the Portuguese Nationality Act, amending the Nationality Law to grant citizenship to those born outside of Portugal but have at least one grandparent that was a Por
Officials Push For CPA
Officials Push For CPA
Officials Push For CPA
New Bedford officials and other notables are pushing hard to pass the Community Preservation Act in the city. The proposal would tax property owners 1.5% on their properties assessed value above the first $100,000. With Fort Taber as a backdrop, Lee Blake, Chairperson of the Community Preservation Act for New Bedford, says there are a slew of projects that can benefit from the CPA...
SAT Scores Plummet As More Students Take the ACT
SAT Scores Plummet As More Students Take the ACT
SAT Scores Plummet As More Students Take the ACT
The average national scores on two out of the three sections of the SAT exam, which is the standardized test students take in order to get into college, trended down for the class of 2012. That could have to do with the fact more students in the class of '12 took the rival ACT exam than the SAT this year, the first time that has ever happened.