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A push by reparations activists in Amherst to start a public fund for black people has been greenlit by the town council. The money is scheduled to come annually, roughly matching Amherst's current local marijuana tax revenue, which is about $205,000. The council set a ceiling at
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Ed Markey seems to have finally found an issue he likes more than the climate. On Friday, June 24, Ed Markey responded to the U.S. Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson's Women Health that overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey on Twitter:
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Boston city councilors are criticizing the city's historical connection to slavery and looking at possible name changes because of it. "The political and economy power brokers of Boston have a lot to apologize for and I say now is a good time to do so," said
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Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey were struck down yesterday by the U.S. Supreme Court. There were plenty of negative reactions from Massachusetts figures to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision.
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The U.S. Supreme Court pro-abortion decisions Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey were overturned on Friday. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, the Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that "the Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or
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A proposed Amherst bylaw that would ban "deceptive advertising" by crisis pregnancy centers — reported on by NewBostonPost earlier this month — has been withdrawn. The withdrawal "has nothing to do with the importance or legitimacy of this bylaw, and everything to do with the need for an approach
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School officials in Cambridge are calling for Massachusetts to become a "sanctuary" for children who identify as transgender. The Cambridge School Committee, an elected board that oversees the public schools in the city of Cambridge, has approved a resolution calling for Massachusetts to respond to states that have
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Town officials in Amherst are seeking to pass a bylaw aimed at crisis pregnancy centers. Ana Devlin Gauthier, the Amherst Town Council vice president, is sponsoring a measure that would ban what it calls "deceptive advertising" by "limited services pregnancy centers."