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...first time this Sunday, Massachusetts retailers will be allowed to open up their doors for business, but not all Harvard Square proprietors will be rushing to cash in on the repeal of the ancient "Blue Laws...
...December, the Massachusetts Legislature voted to repeal the statutes prohibiting retail sales on Sundays, the outgrowth of a Massachusetts tradition as old as the Pilgrims. The new law--which formally goes into effect Sunday--affects most retail establishments except for liquor stores...
Citing the need for dogs in research, several Medical School professors last week testified before the state legislature in an attempt to stop the repeal of the state's controversial dog pound seizure law, which allows laboratories to requisition about 2500 dogs from pounds each year...
Opposition to the 25-year-old law has grown over the last few years as groups such as the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) and the New England Antivivisection Society have generated strong public support for the law's repeal, Mariana R. Burt, the MSPCA's director of ethical studies, said last week...
Last year, the repeal bill passed both the state House and the state Senate but a technicality returned it to the floor until the session ended. This year, both sides claim increased support, but Monaco added that the legislature probably will not reach a final decision before the end of April...