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By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden isn't ruling out a run for president in 2020 and is doing plenty to keep his public profile up, including media interviews and a new daily podcast featuring news articles that Biden finds "
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UPDATE — 5:15 p.m. House session ends without any mention or passage of the final supplemental budget, and instead held a vote on a climate change measure. Per State House News Service:
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The Massachusetts Senate has approved a bill that would possibly legalize oral sex and other sex acts between adults and certain minors, although a key legislative leader says that's not the intent and that it won't happen. The Senate late last week passed a bill restating
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Working as a top staffer for the Bay State's members in Congress can fetch a salary well in excess of $100,000 — with some earning nearly as much as the official salary for a U.S. representative or U.S. senator. The two highest-paid staffers work for Massachusetts&
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Roman Catholic churches in central Massachusetts are now allowed to host signature gatherers trying to put a referendum on the ballot that would enable the state to stop public funding of abortion. Bishop Robert J. McManus, bishop of Worcester, released a letter Monday similar to a statement that Cardinal Sean
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President Jimmy Carter, in an interview with the New York Times, expressed disagreement with the professional football players who are kneeling during the national anthem before games as a protest against police brutality. "I think they ought to find a different way to object, to demonstrate. I would rather
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By Robert Donachie
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Massachusetts's junior U.S. senator, Ed Markey, told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Monday that he's worried President Donald Trump may move to fire special prosecutor Robert Mueller, whose investigation into allegations of Russian-driven election collusion has now resulted in the indictment of a former
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