BOSTON — Unions, advocates for low-income workers and other groups urged state lawmakers on Thursday to permanently “opt out” of several new federal laws enacted as part of…
Read more Lawmakers urged to ‘opt out’ of federal mandatesBOSTON — Federal authorities have charged several men in a more than $1 million multistate SNAP fraud and stolen identity case and are blaming Massachusetts officials for failing…
Read more Feds charge 4 in multistate SNAP fraud caseBOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is seeking to blunt the impact to state coffers from changes to the federal tax code under President Donald Trump’s new tax…
Read more Healey seeks to delay federal tax cutsBOSTON — Massachusetts’ two U.S. senators have joined other Democrats and a handful of Republicans in passing a war powers resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s military action…
Read more U.S. Senate moves to limit Trump’s war powersBOSTON — An expected vote by the U.S. Senate on a war powers resolution to restrict U.S. military action in Venezuela has become a campaign issue in the…
Read more Moulton hits Markey over prior support for war authorizationWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president and his wife drew swift and harsh rebukes from area members of Congress, who…
Read more Region’s lawmakers slam Trump’s invasion of VenezuelaBOSTON — Sen. Ed Markey is renewing criticism of federal authorities for “inhumane” conditions at a Burlington ICE facility where people detained on immigration violations are held before…
Read more Markey blasts ‘inadequate’ conditions at ICE facilityBOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is renewing calls for Congress to extend Obamacare tax credits, warning that health care premiums for tens of thousands of Bay Staters…
Read more Healey urges Congress to extend Obamacare creditsBOSTON — Immigrants would be allowed to sue federal authorities for “misconduct” under a proposal filed Monday by U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, which the Democrat named ostensibly after…
Read more Moulton bill would allow ICE lawsuitsBURLINGTON — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is criticizing federal authorities for “inhumane” conditions at an ICE facility where people detained on immigration violations are held before being transferred…
Read more Moulton criticizes ICE over detention of immigrantsBOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey is joining a chorus demanding the Trump administration release federal dollars aimed at helping low-income people heat their homes with winter fast approaching.…
Read more Healey to Trump: Release LIHEAP fuel assistanceBOSTON — The Trump administration has agreed to release $1.1 billion in funding for post-COVID-19 pandemic academic recovery it clawed back from Massachusetts and other states before the…
Read more AGs reach deal with DOE on education fundingPHILADELPHIA — Full SNAP benefits payments were flowing Friday to Pennsylvanians who were due at the start of November, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced while ripping into President Donald…
Read more Shapiro slams Trump, Vance over SNAP freeze, calls VP a ‘phony’PHILADELPHIA — Full SNAP benefits payments were flowing Friday to Pennsylvanians who were due at the start of November, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced while ripping into President Donald…
Read more Shapiro slams Trump, Vance over SNAP freeze, calls VP a ‘phony’PHILADELPHIA — Full SNAP benefits payments were flowing Friday to Pennsylvanians who were due at the start of November, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced while ripping into President Donald…
Read more Shapiro slams Trump, Vance over SNAP freeze, calls VP a ‘phony’The New Hampshire Department of Justice is reviewing Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald and the personnel moves that netted his former assistant a $50,000 payout. NHPR’s Todd Bookman broke…
Read more NH chief justice under review over $50K payoutBOSTON — Beacon Hill leaders are being urged to tap the state’s $8.6 billion “rainy day” fund to help offset the impact of the federal government’s refusal to…
Read more State pressured to tap reserves for SNAP benefitsThe Bay State’s top Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to release more federal SNAP funding after the White House rolled out a plan to only partially…
Read more Officials press feds to fully fund SNAPBOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell co-led more than two dozen states Tuesday in suing the Trump administration over its refusal to fund food stamps during the…
Read more AGs sue to preserve food stamp fundingMore than 4,000 federal workers have received “reduction in force” notices since the federal government shutdown began. Among the agencies hit is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health…
Read more Federal SAMHSA cuts could impact mental health resources, according to veteran nonprofit leader