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Massachusetts remains close to a national outlier on the issue of revenge pornography — the Bay State and South Carolina are the only states that don't ban it. However, a pair of lawmakers recently filed a bill (HD.83/SD.724) that would outlaw the practice: state representative Jeffrey
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Christine Vestal As a dangerous new additive found in fentanyl and other street drugs surges from coast to coast, health officials in nearly every state are scrambling to track it.
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Former Cranston mayor Steve Laffey sees a problem with the Republican Party. The 60-year-old Republican, who served as the mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2003 to 2007, thinks his party is abandoning fiscal responsibility.
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By Chris Lisinski and Sam Doran State House News Service
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Should Massachusetts decriminalize the possession of psychedelic drugs, including psychedelic mushrooms? Two state legislators recently filed a bill (HD.1450/SD.949) aimed at decriminalizing certain psychedelic substances in the state. The bills, titled "An Act Relative To Plant Medicine," were filed by state Representative Lindsay Sabadosa (D-Northampton)
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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A pair of Massachusetts Democratic state legislators are trying increase access to late-term abortion and restrict pro-life crisis pregnancy centers. State Representative Sally Kerans (D-Dedham) and State Senator Becca Rausch (D-Needham) filed a bill called "An Act Enhancing Access To Abortion Care" (HD.3434/SD.1854) that would
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Alex Brown For five years, a woman known as the Chicken Lady of South Jersey urged local officials in Haddon Township, New Jersey to allow her and other residents to keep chickens in their backyards. She eventually won them over — but
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