WASHINGTON – A flurry of social media posts put up over the Christmas weekend by Jim Webb, the former senator from Virginia who pulled out of the Democratic presidential primary race in October, led to speculation that he will re-enter the 2016 election as an independent candidate for the White House.
On Sunday, the National Review's John Fund wrote that Webb's hint in November about mounting an independent bid "looks more likely now" after the Virginian ripped into Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, over the former First Lady's poor leadership during her stint as Secretary of State during President Barack Obama's first term.
BOSTON – Patients prescribed opioids for the first time would be limited to a seven-day supply and any individual admitted to an emergency room because of an apparent drug overdose would be required to undergo a substance-abuse evaluation within 24 hours, under a redrafted House bill made public Monday. The bill guts major provisions of a proposal from Gov. Charlie Baker.
The move to bring the measure out of committee could set the ball in motion for what Speaker Robert DeLeo hopes will be a full debate in the House of Representatives in January. Members of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Committee have until Wednesday to vote on the redrafted version of Baker's opioid-abuse prevention bill.
