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BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday again took a step towards undoing a 2002 ballot initiative mandating English language immersion in public schools, voting in a 39-0 landslide to pass a measure dumping the requirement that all Bay State students must be taught in English unless districts first obtain a
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BOSTON — Pro-illegal immigration activists crashed a press conference on Wednesday held to announce the filing of a bill intended to combat a recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision barring local police departments from acting upon federal detainer requests. "Keep hate out of our state," the activists chanted, disrupting
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BOSTON — A federal judge may have tossed out a bid to block President Donald Trump's voter integrity team from collecting data from all 50 states, but don't expect Massachusetts officials to be sending the White House any information. Debrah O'Malley, a spokesman for Secretary
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By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — After the state's highest court ruled there is no authority for officials to hold immigrants solely at the request of federal authorities, three Republican House members are working to gather momentum behind legalizing those types of detentions.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — While some Democrats continue to watch Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey for signs that she'll change her mind about running for governor, Healey has drawn her first challenger for re-election in 2018.
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BOSTON — A funny thing happened on the way to the Senate's vote to pass legislation enacting comprehensive public school sex education when it became apparent that content that will be taught to children as young as 12 in Bay State classrooms is purportedly too randy to be discussed
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BOSTON — As it did in 2015, the Massachusetts Senate passed a bill nearly entirely along party lines on Thursday dictating how school districts teach sex education; and just like two years ago, the biggest sticking point for the bill's opponents was the lack of an opt-in stipulation for
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BOSTON — With a Senate vote looming Thursday on a controversial sex education bill, lawmakers have offered a flurry of amendments — most notably Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester), submitted an "opt-in" measure, making the courses an elective and meaning that children can't participate in the coursework
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