boston
Marco Rubio, once the protégé, steps out of the shadows
This article is part of a series of profiles of the 2016 presidential candidates that will appear on the NewBostonPost in the months leading up to the nominating conventions.
boston
Massachusetts
Bulger bid for new trial rejected by appeals court
BOSTON (AP) — Former mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, convicted of participating in 11 murders during the 1970s and '80s, will not get a new trial, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit of Appeals found that Bulger had not
boston
Trump win echoes for days on Beacon Hill
BOSTON – Trying to parse Tuesday's election results had even the savviest political operators scratching their heads. Caveats were plentiful. Donald Trump didn't just win the Massachusetts Republican presidential primary, he steamrolled the competition in a state where, by historical standards, the more moderate and conciliatory Ohio
Massachusetts
DeLeo says Trump win shows ‘disgust’ with government
BOSTON – Donald Trump's decisive Republican primary victory shows Bay State voters are "disgusted with government," according to Speaker Robert DeLeo, the House of Representatives leader who said Friday it's unclear whether that distaste for Washington will trickle down to the state level. The New
Massachusetts legislature
Charter waitlist data may be flawed, auditor says
BOSTON – In the latest chapter of an ongoing debate around the number of Massachusetts students waiting for charter school seats, Auditor Suzanne Bump on Friday released an analysis finding that an updated waitlist could still lack accuracy. On Feb. 18, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced that 34,
Massachusetts
To curb tobacco use, committee bill raises smoking age
STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts smoking age would rise to 21 and pharmacies would be banned from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products under a bill recommended Thursday by the Joint Committee on Public Health. The bill, intended to curb youth tobacco use and nicotine addiction, also includes electronic cigarettes and
boston
MIT hackers compete to shine spotlight on cybersecurity
BOSTON (AP) — Students from MIT and Britain's University of Cambridge will spend the weekend hacking one another's computers, with the blessing of their national leaders. The two schools are competing in a hacking contest that U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron
Massachusetts
When 4,000 Rhode Island jobs disappear and nobody cares
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A funny thing happens every January or February. During most of the year, journalists and politicians trumpet relatively small gains in employment or drops in the unemployment rate. Gov. Gina Raimondo repeatedly proclaims, for example, that Rhode Island's unemployment rate dropped faster over the year
Advertisement
