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The Best of the Worst: 2016 Presidential Election Predictions

"Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan." — Count Galeazzo Ciano The Russians did it, right?

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Boston Meter Maid Supervisors Shafted By Sex Discrimination, Union Says

BOSTON – A union is claiming the city of Boston is discriminating against women because meter maid supervisors make less than supervisors in other departments with comparable jobs. The union is asking a judge to force the city to study the pay disparity.

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Horrors of the Courtroom Lead Stenographer To Seek Disability Pension

A former court stenographer is asking a judge to grant her a disability state pension stemming from the accounts of crimes she had to listen to and record. For 10 years Mary K. Morse heard stories of child abuse, murder, domestic violence, and child pornography while working at Salem Superior

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State Report Reveals Barriers to Opioid Addiction Treatment

BOSTON (AP) — More than half of the adults entering state-licensed, residential addiction treatment centers in Massachusetts do not complete their treatment programs and one in eight are readmitted within a month of being discharged, according to a new state report. The findings from a special commission created to study the

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Legal Pot Supporters Are Crying Foul

BOSTON (AP) — Supporters of the state's new recreational marijuana law are taking lawmakers to task for approving a six-month delay in key provisions, including the opening of retail pot shops. Members of the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)

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Speaker DeLeo, Senate Prez Rosenberg Agree: Six Months Needed to Rewrite New Marijuana Law

STATE HOUSE — The leaders of both the House and Senate are on board with a six-month time frame for rewriting the state's marijuana laws after voters in November approved regulated sales of the intoxicating plant. In a brief hallway interview on Thursday, House Speaker Robert DeLeo concurred with

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Full-Court Press: Disabled Jamaica Plain Man Makes Boston-Area Businesses Feel Heat

BOSTON — A Jamaica Plain man is suing more than a dozen Hub businesses in federal court, alleging various violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Legal filings show that Raoul Marradi, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is no stranger to the court system. Marradi, according to the copies of 15

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Beacon Hill Rushing Bill Through To Attract Pharmaceutical Company To Worcester Site

STATE HOUSE – Massachusetts lawmakers are fast-tracking legislation to facilitate the expansion of a California biologics company into Worcester. The bill (H 4774), filed just earlier this month, emerged Tuesday morning from the House Ways and Means Committee and was whisked through the House by noon. Senate Majority Leader Harriette Chandler