Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Republican challenger Jay McMahon clashed on guns, the state's gender-identity law, the president's travel ban, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and whether the criminal justice system is racist during a debate Wednesday.
Healey, a Democrat finishing her first term who lives in Charlestown, and McMahon, a criminal defense lawyer who lives in Bourne, appeared on WGBH-TV Channel 2 in the debate, which was moderated by Jim Braude and Margery Eagan.
The University of Southern Maine, a state university, has yanked an offer of one college credit to students who travel to Washington D.C. to protest U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) as she mulls her decision on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The president of the Portland school, Glenn Cummings, said the "pop-up course" was briefly offered without the knowledge of the school's provost, and that the school won't be offering credit or paying for a bus of student protesters that was scheduled to head to Washington on Wednesday night, according to the Associated Press.
