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BOSTON — A decision made from a higher-up in law enforcement to strip lurid details from a State Police arrest report involving the daughter of a district court judge has now drawn the attention of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Governor Charlie Baker. Allegations that an authority figure within either
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is praising those who turned out in droves Tuesday in Salem to vote down a referendum that would have overturned the City Council's vote months ago that established Salem as a sanctuary city for illegal aliens. Carol Rose, executive director of
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A convict would be able to tell state authorities whether to send the convict to a men's prison or a women's prison based on the convict's stated gender identity, according to a bill passed by the Massachusetts Senate. The little-noticed provision is tucked away
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It took only hours on Sunday after a man opened fire inside a Texas church, killing at least 26, for Massachusetts's two members of the U.S. Senate to take to social media to demand Congress act on gun control. Yet the remedies offered by U.S. Senators
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BOSTON — A bill that addresses campus sexual assault and harassment allegations swept through the Senate in a unanimous vote this week, but a close inspection of the language suggests it may open up the Bay State's colleges and universities to a batch of lawsuits from the accused. The
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A bombshell excerpt from former Democratic National Committee Chairman Donna Brazile's new presidential election memoir suggests that party leaders, under the direction of former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign, "rigged" the nomination in her favor — and according to Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth
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BOSTON — State legislators at long last have reached agreement on a supplemental budget to close out spending for fiscal year 2017, and according to a statement by a prominent Boston Democrat, a key compromise included an outright ban on bump-fire stocks, the add-on equipment a gunman apparently used to maximize
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SOMERVILLE — A landowner is claiming in federal court that Somerville officials pushing the city's Union Square redevelopment plan illegally ordered the installation of curbs in front of several Webster Avenue garages, part of an effort to drive down property values in anticipation of an eminent domain land grab.