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Maura Healey

Healey uses immigrant rally to bash ‘extremist’ Trump

BOSTON – As hundreds of immigrants and supporters gathered to lobby for legislation to benefit their communities, state Attorney General Maura Healey, a Democrat, took the opportunity to brand Republican Donald Trump as an unAmerican "extremist" who threatens them and their families. "When people like Donald Trump and

Massachusetts

Boston Harbor advocacy groups merge, name leaders

BOSTON – The merger of the Boston Harbor Association and the Boston Harbor Island Alliance has produced a new nonprofit advocacy organization with a high-powered board and led by Kathy Abbott, a former Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioner under then-Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican. Boston Harbor Now is forming after

Massachusetts

Charles River environmental group accuses EPA of negligence

BOSTON — A lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court by a Charles River environmental advocacy group accuses the Environmental Protection Agency of failing to notify high-density commercial and residential property developers of their responsibility to obtain stormwater discharge permits, a move that comes ahead of the federal government's plan

Abortion

Northern Irish pro-lifers call for appeal to abortion ruling

Belfast, UK (CNA/EWTN News) — For many reasons, pro-life advocates in Northern Ireland want the attorney general to challenge a November court ruling that would legalize more abortions. "The right to life is a shared human value, not a uniquely religious value," said Tim Bartlett, secretary of the

transgender

Chorus for and against ‘Bathroom Bills’ builds on Beacon Hill

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Family Institute, an advocacy group, and Attorney General Maura Healey added their voices this week to the chorus gathering around lawmakers urging action on bills that would mandate access to public restrooms and other accommodations for transgender individuals and protect them from harassment. On Tuesday, the state&