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Cape Protesters Against Illegal Immigration Draw Attention To Issue That Is Roiling Massachusetts

As demonstrators stood near the Mashpee Rotary amid occasional rain, some passing drivers tooted their horns in apparent support. About a half-dozen people stood with signs and a Betsy Ross American flag protesting the presence of illegal immigrants in Massachusetts on Saturday morning.

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Boston Proposal Would Allow Non-Citizens To Vote In City Elections

Progressive Boston city councilor Kendra Lara and some of her Democratic colleagues want to allow non-citizens of the United States to vote in the city's elections. She introduced a measure at Wednesday's meeting that would allow foreigners who live in the city legally to vote in

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Massachusetts Democratic State Committee Backs DiZoglio In Audit Battle — Over Democratic Leaders In State Legislature

By Alison Kuznitz State House News Service

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Marlborough Democrat Fighting Against Shock Therapy Treatment

State Representative Danielle Gregoire (D-Marlborough) wants to see an end to electric shock therapy used on people with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities in Massachusetts. Gregoire said she does not want to shut down the Judge Rotenberg Education Center, which uses shock therapy. However, she wants to prevent the Canton

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Massachusetts Retailers Expect Flat Spending This Christmas

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service

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Five Reasons Joe Biden Doesn’t Deserve A Second Term As President

President Joe Biden wants a second term in the White House. Let's not make the same mistake twice, America.

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Systemwide Subway Shutdowns Planned To Fix MBTA

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service

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Lexington Resident Jill Stein Announces Third Presidential Bid

Jill Stein is back in presidential politics. Stein, 73, who served as an elected member of Representative Town Meeting in Lexington from 2005 to 2010, is running for president once again.