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Massachusetts authorities were sympathetic to the Parliamentary cause and had generally positive relationships with the governments of the English Commonwealth and the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. The colony's economy began to diversify in the 1640s, as the fur trading, lumber, and fishing industries found markets in Europe and the West ...
Sagamore Beach is a village on Cape Cod, in the town of Bourne, Massachusetts, United States.The northern half of the Sagamore census-designated place, Sagamore Beach faces Cape Cod Bay, and the Cape Cod Canal courses through it.
Eversource Energy is a publicly traded, Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts, with several regulated subsidiaries offering retail electricity, natural gas service and water service to approximately 4 million [7] customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 111–2 (text), S. 181) is a landmark federal statute in the United States that was the first bill signed into law by U.S. President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009.
In August 2022, the Governor of Massachusetts signed an extensive bill into law that overhauls and reforms the legal cannabis industry within Massachusetts - plus permanently implements the "Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission". However the Governor item-line vetoed a study into medical cannabis usage by students within schools.
The Massachusetts General Court took up the repeal of the 1913 law the next month. On July 15, the Massachusetts Senate voted to repeal it on a unanimous voice vote. [142] [143] The House approved the legislation on July 29, 2008 on a 118 to 35 vote, [144] [145] and Governor Deval Patrick signed the bill into law on July 31. It took effect ...
Hingham (/ ˈ h ɪ ŋ ə m / HING-əm) is a town in northern Plymouth County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Part of the Greater Boston region, it is located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,284. [5] Hingham is known for its colonial history and location on Boston Harbor.
The first settlers in Massachusetts were the Pilgrims who established Plymouth Colony in 1620 and developed friendly relations with the Wampanoag people. [6] This was the second permanent English colony in America following Jamestown Colony.