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No More Coyote-Hunting Contests, Says Massachusetts Wildlife Agency
The state Fisheries and Wildlife Board of Massachusetts has voted to prohibit hunting contests for "predators and furbearers." Such animals…
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Maine’s Susan Collins Makes It Official: She’s Running for Re-Election To U.S. Senate in 2020
As expected, Maine U.S. Senator Susan Collins will seek re-election in 2020, as Politico reports. The Republican is pursuing a…
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Couple Pleads Guilty To Voting in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 2016
A couple pleaded guilty to voter fraud this week after voting in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the 2016 presidential election.…
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Special Election Dates Set To Replace Plymouth State Senator – A Rare Republican Seat in Massachusetts
Dates in March 2020 have been announced for a special election primary and general election to replace former Massachusetts Republican state Senator…
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Maine Democratic Congressman In A Bind Over Trump Impeachment
While just about every U.S. House of Representatives member from New England is a foregone-conclusion pro-impeachment vote this week,…
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Vermont Police Chief Resigns Over Anonymous Tweets Against Critic — And Deputy Chief Can’t Take Over, Either
The police chief in Burlington, Vermont resigned Monday. December 16 after admitting he created an anonymous Twitter account to respond to a…
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Boston Globe Rejects Anti-Impeachment Ad From Pro-Trump Group
The Boston Globe rejected an anti-impeachment ad from a group that supports President Donald Trump, according to the group. The pro-…
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Marathon Bomber Inching Toward Escaping Death Sentence
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could escape the death penalty if a federal appeals overturns the sentence because of pre-trial social…
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Elizabeth Warren Wealth Tax Would Shrink Economy, Study Finds
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposed 2 percent wealth tax on very-high-net-worth people would shrink the U.…
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Anyone for Deval Patrick? So Far, Crickets …
Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced his 2020 presidential bid nearly a month ago and still lacks any significant support. Patrick, who…
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Some Newtown Shooting Survivors Are Now Stumping for Gun Control – But Not Everyone Agrees
On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot up Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing 26 people, including…
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Ken Burns Trying To Help Save Hampshire College
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns helped kick off a $60 million fund-raising campaign to try to save his alma mater Hampshire College.…
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Massachusetts Anti-Abortion-Funding Drive Falls Short Again
A petition drive seeking to make it possible to stop public funding of abortion in Massachusetts has come up short on signatures,…
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Did A High School Principal Try To Deep-Six Pro-America Day Because Some Kids Support Trump?
An anti-Trump high school principal in Abington, Massachusetts tried to cancel the school's annual U.S.A. Day earlier…
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Massachusetts Ups Public Schools Ante By $1.5 Billion
The Massachusetts state government plans to spend an additional $1.5 billion on public schools over the next seven years. The bill,…
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Some Harvard Business School Professors Oppose Divesting From Oil and Natural Gas Companies
Several professors at Harvard Business School have expressed opposition to trying to cajole the university that employs them to sell off stock…
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Harvard and Yale Are Blowing in the Wind
What will Harvard and Yale do to students who occupied the field during the Harvard-Yale football game this past weekend and…
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Public Housing Residents Ought To Be Able To Have Deadbolts and Guns Like Everybody Else, Ben Carson Says
Public housing residents should be able to have deadbolts on their doors and guns in their apartments even though local housing officials…
