STATE HOUSE — Hoping to provide relief from an "unacceptable burden" imposed by the state on individuals convicted of drug crimes unrelated to driving, the Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to repeal a 1989 law mandating that those offenders have their licenses suspended.
Sen. Kenneth Donnelly, an Arlington Democrat, spoke passionately in favor of granting more autonomy to those who had already served their sentence for drug crimes.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's newly re-elected prime minister is pledging to fast-track negotiations with the country's bailout creditors, with a view to bringing the country out of its debilitating financial crisis by 2019.
Alexis Tsipras told his first Cabinet meeting Friday that by the end of his four-year mandate he also hopes to have extracted Greece from strict supervision by creditors.
