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Senate Passes Civics Bill
BOSTON (AP) _ Beacon Hill lawmakers are weighing legislation aimed at helping ensure young people in Massachusetts have a better understanding of how the country's political system works and their place in it.
The bill approved this week by the Massachusetts Senate is meant to strengthen civics teaching at a time when some on Beacon Hill and beyond worry the ties that knit the country together are