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‘Bathroom bill’ moot, if federal officials have their way
BOSTON — The federal government may soon require Massachusetts public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice, regardless…
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Tsongas backs draft registration for women
LOWELL – Niki Tsongas, the congresswoman from Lowell, thinks women should be required to register and be ready to be drafted for military…
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Obama will take McGovern on trip to Havana
WORCESTER – When President Barack Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. commander-in-chief to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge landed on…
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Group that busted ACORN takes aim at Bay State
BOSTON – James O'Keefe, the conservative activist who founded the undercover journalism enterprise Project Veritas, which has embarrassed National Public Radio…
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Lexington recoils from bid to ban certain gun types
LEXINGTON — A liberal activist and prominent Harvard University scholar wants to ban a lengthy list of semi-automatic firearms in a town…
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State law banning secret recording faces court challenge
BOSTON – Project Veritas, a guerilla journalism group known for taking undercover videos focusing a conservative eye on topics ranging from vote fraud…
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Some see rifts in Mass. GOP, but others see only growing pains
BOSTON – A high-ranking member of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee on Friday deflected reports that Gov. Charlie Baker is quietly working…
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Charter cap, Common Core weighed by lawmakers
BOSTON – A pair of hotly contested ballot proposals came in for some emotional testimony Monday during a public hearing hosted by the…
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Hub students protest budget gap as Walsh testifies on charters
BOSTON – Hundreds of Boston Public Schools students climbed Beacon Hill Monday to protest proposed state education budget cuts as the Legislature'…
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Cruz stands apart in Senate, earning cold shoulders
This article is part of a series of profiles of the 2016 presidential candidates that will appear on the NewBostonPost in the…
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Harvard struggles to clarify sexual-conduct policies
CAMBRIDGE – This week's town hall-style meeting at Harvard University, billed as an event aimed at educating undergraduates on the…
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Harvard Law bows to activist calls to drop slaveholder crest
CAMBRIDGE – Royall appears to be falling. Harvard Law School, which last year saw activist students demand that the institution scrub the emblem…
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Kelly Ayotte’s New Hampshire Trump problem
NASHUA, N.H. — Sen. Kelly Ayotte, like other Republican officials up for re-election this year, has a Donald Trump problem. The…
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Ben Carson’s star rose from rough beginnings
This article is part of a series of profiles of the 2016 presidential candidates that will appear on the NewBostonPost in the…
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Romney blasts Trump as ‘phony’ unworthy of presidency
SALT LAKE CITY – The Republican Party's presidential choice for 2012 unleashed a scathing attack Thursday on the frontrunner to claim…
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Mother of victimized Boston Latin girl praised school in October
BOSTON – A Boston Latin School student's mother, who has joined a rising chorus demanding the dismissal of Headmaster Lynn Mooney…
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Baker criticized for meddling in GOP committee races
BOSTON – Charlie Baker's mission to transform the Massachusetts Republican State Committee into a more moderate group notched some success Tuesday,…
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Did Bill Clinton and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh break election laws?
BOSTON — A video has surfaced on social media showing former President Bill Clinton and Mayor Marty Walsh hobnobbing Tuesday morning with voters…
