trump
Debating terrorism and Campaign 2016
NewBostonPost Editor Jennifer Braceras debated terrorism and Campaign 2016 with Kevin Franck Friday on NECN.
Politics
Maine
LePage welfare reforms drive controversy in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine – Republican Gov. Paul LePage's push for welfare reform continues to generate controversy in the Pine Tree State. Supporters say the governor's no-holds-barred approach is winning, as evidenced by a 22 percent drop in food-stamp recipients in Maine since 2012, according to state data. But
Massachusetts
Baker tops nation’s governors in voter approval ratings
BOSTON – Bay State Gov. Charlie Baker is the most popular governor in the nation, according to a poll released Friday by Morning Consult, a media and polling company in Washington. Baker, a Republican elected last year, enjoys a 74 percent approval rating, the company said, citing a poll of 1,
Education
Bipartisan agreement on bill to rework No Child Left Behind
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law has long been criticized as unworkable, too punitive and in need of repair. After years of trying, Congress is finally on the verge of rewriting the 2002 law. House and Senate negotiators approved a compromise framework Thursday that merges two
satire
‘Threats’ over satiric Clinton video stir claims right and left
LOS ANGELES – The owner of a landmark Hollywood comedy club claims that someone representing Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's campaign pressured him to pull down a video segment featuring comics spoofing the former First Lady and Secretary of State – or risk facing consequences. "They threatened me,"
Immigration
House votes to curb Syrian refugees, snubs Obama veto threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stinging rebuke to President Barack Obama by Republicans as well as members of his own party, the House of Representatives ignored a veto threat Thursday and overwhelmingly approved Republican legislation erecting fresh hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees trying to enter the United States. Dozens of
Massachusetts
Public-records reform bill passes Mass. House
BOSTON – Ahead of the unanimous passage of what they said was the first Massachusetts public records overhaul in more than four decades on Wednesday, a key lawmaker in the House of Representatives said the measure would increase transparency without adding an unfunded mandate on cities and towns. "As a
Massachusetts
Mass. Senate approves sex ed bill
BOSTON — The Democratic-controlled state Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of An Act Relative to Healthy Youth (S 2048), a measure to require school districts that provide sex education lessons to formulate those lessons based on the Massachusetts Health Curriculum Framework. The bill, which passed the Senate 32-6, does
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