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Baker distributes $700,000 for cities to buy overdose remedy
BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and the state Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced plans to steer $700,000 in grants…
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Massachusetts Democrats line up with Obama on gun order
BOSTON – Several of the state's leading Democrats on Tuesday rushed to back President Barack Obama as he issued an executive…
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Trump rolls into Lowell to scold and cajole
LOWELL — Frigid temperatures and a slow-moving security checkpoint line snaking its way across several city blocks could not deter supporters of…
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Globe woes put newsroom in ‘crisis mode’ to deliver papers
BOSTON — A home-delivery disruption at the Boston Globe quickly deteriorated last week into what Boston Newspaper Guild President Scott Steeves described…
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Ten Bay State politicians to watch in 2016
BOSTON – The year 2016 promises to be a fascinating year in Massachusetts politics. Here are some Bay State politicians that voters should…
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Trump, Sanders tap common themes to sway voters
The dynamics fueling the surging campaigns of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are more similar than not, as the success…
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As 2015 fades out, here are the Bay State’s most memorable moments
BOSTON – Plenty of Massachusetts news was fit to print in 2015. Here's our take on the 10 biggest Bay State…
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Webb stirs speculation over an independent presidential bid
WASHINGTON – A flurry of social media posts put up over the Christmas weekend by Jim Webb, the former senator from Virginia who…
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Cruz blasts cartoon with his kids, puts daughters off-limits
Ted Cruz's presidential campaign fired off an angry email to supporters Wednesday, ripping into a Washington Post editorial-page cartoonist…
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A veteran of race-based preference fight voices support for Texan
WASHINGTON – Jennifer Gratz said Monday she hopes that Abigail Fisher, a Texan whose case against a race-based university admission policy has…
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Harvard reverses course on ‘placemats for social justice’
CAMBRIDGE — Harvard College administrators earlier this week apologized for placing in college dining halls "holiday placemats for social justice," which…
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Trump picking winners often backed Democrats with cash – until 2012
There was a moment during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate when the leading candidate, billionaire developer Donald Trump, waxed poetic…
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Debate exposes Rubio-Cruz divide, elevates Christie profile
LAS VEGAS – The fifth Republican presidential debate of the 2016 election cycle, which on Tuesday drew roughly 18 million viewers to cable…
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Benghazi truth-telling becomes focus for these survivors
They sat clustered around a coffee table Monday afternoon inside a cramped room at the Eliot Hotel in Boston, three burly veterans who only decided to tell their stories about Benghazi after coming home to a country that couldn't get its own story straight.
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Pay hikes in UMass president’s office spur questions
BOSTON – University of Massachusetts officials defended the system's pay policies Wednesday after the Boston Herald reported some hefty salary increases…
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Amid activism, some Harvard Law students feel silenced
CAMBRIDGE — Bill Barlow, a third year student at Harvard Law School, won't shy away from challenging student activists who are…
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Sanctuary city defenders decry bill to block state aid
BOSTON – Sanctuary city defenders from current and ex-state lawmakers to faith leaders, immigrant-rights advocates, a pediatrician and former American Civil…
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Millionaire tax ballot measure may revive old reputation
BOSTON – If a coalition of labor unions and liberal activists have their way, Massachusetts soon may regain its old nickname: Taxachusetts. Last…
