MARBLEHEAD — A panel of local immigration experts shared how people can push back against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, including donating to legal defense funds for immigrants…
Read more Immigration experts share how to push back against Trump’s actionsMARBLEHEAD — A panel of local immigration experts shared ways people can push back against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, including donating to legal defense funds for immigrants…
Read more Immigration experts share how locals can push back against Trump’s actionsBOSTON — 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 mandatesGLOUCESTER — Many of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams for America are still just that, a biographer of the Civil Rights leader explained to a crowd at the…
Read more MLK’s dreams are still unfulfilled, Salem State professor shares in GloucesterBOSTON — Backers of recreational cannabis have formed a committee to oppose a referendum inching toward the November ballot that would repeal the state’s 2016 pot law. The…
Read more New group to oppose repeal of recreational pot lawBOSTON — Foreshadowing a legal challenge, Massachusetts Attorney General Campbell is joining a chorus of criticism over the Trump administration’s move to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors…
Read more Democrats vow to challenge ban on gender-affirming careBOSTON — 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 — 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 — A coalition of gun rights groups are asking a federal judge to strike down Massachusetts’ ban on the sale of handguns to anyone age 18 to…
Read more Federal judge asked to strike down firearm age restrictionsBOSTON — 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 fundingFORT BRANCH — Steve Obert felt deep concern in June watching reports of ICE agents raiding a New Mexico dairy farm. Officers arrested 11 immigrant workers who, authorities…
Read more Indiana businesses: ICE raids, immigration enforcement make it harder to find workersFORT BRANCH — Steve Obert felt deep concern in June watching reports of ICE agents raiding a New Mexico dairy farm. Officers arrested 11 immigrant workers who, authorities…
Read more Indiana businesses: ICE raids, immigration enforcement make it harder to find workersFORT BRANCH — Steve Obert felt deep concern in June watching reports of ICE agents raiding a New Mexico dairy farm. Officers arrested 11 immigrant workers who, authorities…
Read more Indiana businesses: ICE raids, immigration enforcement make it harder to find workersPHILADELPHIA — 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’BOSTON — The state Senate is poised to approve a plan to restrict efforts to ban books from public libraries and schools in response to a rise in…
Read more Senate to take up book ban restrictionsNORTH MANKATO — Beatriz Rivera wanted to do more than just survive. As a first-generation college student attending South Central College, Rivera’s path to higher education began with…
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