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🌱 Patch AM: How often do state reps really vote with party leaders?

And on the North Reading Patch calendar - Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!)

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  • How often do state reps really vote with party leaders?

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📰 News we're reading

• Beacon Hill Roll Call: Sept. 7 to Sept. 11, 2026 (recorder.com) — North Reading residents are represented on Beacon Hill by House Minority Leader Brad Jones, whose votes were used to measure how closely Republican representatives followed party leadership this session. A recent Roll Call analysis shows wide variation in GOP loyalty and near-unanimous support among Democrats for Speaker Ron Mariano, alongside statewide updates on housing-permit reforms and Massachusetts' $10 billion milestone in legal marijuana sales.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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