MILWAUKEE (AP) — Organizers are promising to focus on substance when eight Republicans face off on the main stage for the GOP's fourth presidential debate.
While that's the plan, big personalities and rising tensions in the unsettled 2016 field could make for an unpredictable Tuesday evening in Milwaukee. Donald Trump and Ben Carson are fighting to maintain their place atop the polls, while others — including Jeb Bush — are fighting for their political survival in the 9 p.m. EST event.
BOSTON — Across New England, efforts to tackle opioid abuse and curb rising overdose rates involve a focus on working with doctors on both how the drugs are prescribed and how addiction is treated, political and public health leaders from four states said Monday.
The week before Massachusetts lawmakers hear testimony on substance abuse legislation and their peers in New Hampshire debate the same issue, officials gathered at a multi-state conference to discuss their approaches to fighting drug addiction and misuse, calling it a crisis that needed to be addressed immediately.
