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  2. History of education in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The history of education in Massachusetts covers all levels of schooling in Massachusetts from colonial times to the present. It also includes the political and intellectual history of educational policies. The state was a national leader in pedagogical techniques and ideas, and in developing public schools as well as private schools and colleges.

  3. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Tax rates vary by state and locality, and may be fixed or graduated. Most rates are the same for all types of income. State and local income taxes are imposed in addition to federal income tax. State income tax is allowed as a deduction in computing federal income, but is capped at $10,000 per household since the passage of the 2017 tax law ...

  4. Minimum wage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Minimum wage by state by year. In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. [4] The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later found to be unconstitutional. [5]

  5. 35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    Union veteran Sergeant Charles B. Lovell of Co. K, 35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. The 35th Massachusetts was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

  6. Shays's Rebellion - Wikipedia

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    The state government was dominated by this merchant class. [10] When the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, Massachusetts merchants' European business partners refused to extend lines of credit to them and insisted that they pay for goods with hard currency, despite the country-wide shortage of such

  7. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    The state is the largest producer of cabbage in the U.S. The state has about a quarter of its land in farms and produced $3.4 billion in agricultural products in 2001. The south shore of Lake Ontario provides the right mix of soils and microclimate for many apple, cherry, plum, pear and peach orchards. Apples are also grown in the Hudson Valley ...

  8. Child support in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, child support is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an "obligor" (or paying parent or payer) to an "obligee" (or receiving party or recipient) for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or a (possibly terminated) marriage.

  9. Salaries of federal judges in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2022, the pay for ALJ-3, including locality adjustments, ranges from $136,651.00 per year to $187,300.00 depending on the particular locality and advancement from rate A to F. [7] As of 2022, pay for ALJ-2 and ALJ-1 is capped at $187,300.00 based on salary compression caused by salary caps based on the Executive Schedule.