White on the left means no drought, green on the right means flood potential.
The latest Massachusetts drought map, released this morning, shows that last week's rain and snow finally tipped a third of the state from drought watch to not at all droughty - and that another third of the state is "abnormally dry," the lowest of the drought classifications.
Meanwhile, the National Weather Service has issued flood warnings along the Assabet and Taunton rivers - and a flood watch for the rest of the state, through 8 p.m. on Friday:
Further proof the Massachusetts Green Rainbow Party is concerned with more than just the environment and gay rights comes from the minutes of its Aug. 6 state committee meeting, at which party leaders adopted the following:
The GRP State Committee asks our slate-of-candidates to make Palestine and Lebanon campaign issues, e.g., by putting a line on their flyers saying 'Divest from Israel, not from Sudan'
Political Intelligence reports that it looks like the Green Rainbow Party, which has made Israel a campaign issue, and whose co-chairperson calls Israel an illegitimately formed entity, will collect enough signatures to get its statewide candidates on the November ballot.
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