Menu
Massachusetts
WASHINGTON – She has yet to deliver her coveted endorsement, but Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's floor speech Thursday made it clear which Democratic presidential contender best aligns with her progressive views – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Warren railed against the "handful of billionaires" who try to shape America&
Massachusetts
BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker proposed an additional $83.5 million for vocational education Friday, including a $75 million five-year capital program in a jobs bill set to be filed next week and an additional $8.5 million in his annual budget. Both of Baker's initiatives would need to
Abortion
WASHINGTON – On Friday, hundreds of thousands of activists plan to converge on the Washington Monument for a noontime rally and then march to Capitol Hill at the other end of the National Mall, where they will gather at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to commemorate the 43rd
Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — Winter is bearing down anew, and Harvard University students have been engineering new ways to deal with it. Eighteen juniors representing several engineering disciplines in professor David Mooney's problem-solving and design class spent the fall semester inventing a robotic remote-control rooftop snowblower, a superheated icicle cutter
Massachusetts
America's Gilded Age spanned three decades of the late 19th century, leaving a legacy of grand structures. Its so-called Beaux-Arts style references a time when citizens were experiencing a spiritual and cultural Renaissance. Post-Civil War dust had settled while improving finances for some allowed for amenities to soften
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker used his first State of the State speech to appeal for bipartisanship in solving ongoing challenges in agencies such as the MBTA and the Department of Children and Families, while reiterating a call for the expansion of charter schools. "Giving parents in underperforming districts
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Following up on a 2010 law that critics say has been ineffective, the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday approved a ban on the use of hand-held cell phones and other electronic devices while driving. After an afternoon of debate on more than 20 amendments, the Senate passed the measure that
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Hundreds of Bernie Sanders supporters plan to descend on Boston Common Saturday at noon to spend three hours marching and canvassing for the Democratic presidential hopeful, snowy weather notwithstanding. Referred to as "#MarchforBernie," the nationwide event is being organized locally by Boston for Bernie, a grassroots group.
Advertisement
