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BOSTON — A push is under way on Beacon Hill to change the state flag because of its depiction of a Native American man tilting his arrow towards the ground as an apparent sign of pacifism and submission, while a colonial-style broadsword wielded by a white man hovers above his head.
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DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Former U.S. Representative Barney Frank had some blunt thoughts for those still questioning the fairness of last year's Democratic presidential nominee process, in which supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders heaped criticism on the party's superdelegate system that helped Hillary Clinton. Asked at
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NEW BEDFORD — Hoisting signs and posters depicting everything from Massachusetts's most prominent Democrats lounging in a soggy salt marsh to Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sporting a Native American headdress, a small but vocal group met up Friday at the foot of the New Bedford Free Public
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WORCESTER — A federal judge wants to know whether Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's July directive banning an array of so-called "copycat" assault weapons constitutes a new state regulation before he decides whether to move a lawsuit forward that challenges Healey's interpretation. "You'
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DARTMOUTH, Mass. — The mayor of the commonwealth's original sanctuary city and the county sheriff who has said elected officials that harbor illegal immigrants should be arrested took their beef to the South Coast, sparring over immigration at a University of Massachusetts School of Law forum Thursday. "We&
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BOSTON — A new Pioneer Institute study claims that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has dramatically underestimated its retirement pension obligations, which the Hub-based think tank has pegged at being underfunded by at least $200 million in administrative expenses alone between 1991 and 2015. Authors of the study, titled "Forensic
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CAMBRIDGE — As expected, city councilors representing arguably the Bay State's bluest city voted on Monday night to send a resolution to Washington D.C. calling on Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump. Not unexpected, however: The vote was not unanimous. One city councilor voted
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BOSTON — A bright orange bus, emblazoned with slogans its supporters say are intended to convey the biological and anatomical truths about boys and girls, made its way into the Hub on Thursday morning and was promptly greeted outside City Hall with a hot cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee. "