BOSTON — As federal-state tensions flare in Minnesota, a majority of the Massachusetts Senate wrote to the governor and attorney general last week urging them to prepare for…
Read more Senators want team ready to track possible federal infractionsBOSTON — Fears stemming from immigration enforcement have breathed some life into a long-stalled bill that’s meant to limit cooperation between local and federal immigration authorities. Dozens gathered…
Read more Loss of trust affecting public safety, reformers sayThe state’s largest cannabis trade group has filed a lawsuit against Michigan, arguing that a new 24% wholesale tax on marijuana is unconstitutional and will devastate a legal…
Read more Cannabis trade group sues Michigan over new 24% wholesale tax – Detroit Metro TimesBOSTON — State government officials are girding for the possibility of a federal government shutdown, and executive branch leaders have been instructed to summarize concerns about their ability…
Read more State readying what-if plans ahead of possible federal government shutdownOn the eve of the Texas House voting on a new congressional map, President Donald Trump ordered his “Republican friends” in the state legislature to get it to…
Read more When the White House calls, do state lawmakers listen?Homeowners clamoring for state help as they deal with the hefty costs of fixing their crumbling foundations, which could eventually render their houses unlivable, called on Gov. Maura…
Read more Homeowners demand relief from crumbling foundationsLANSING, Mich. (AP) — The scientifically discredited practice of so-called conversion therapy, which aims to “convert” LGBTQ+ people to heterosexuality or traditional gender expectations, is now banned for…
Read more Michigan Governor Bans Conversion Therapy For LGBTQ YouthWhy doesn’t Gretchen Whitmer just run for president? Or at least humor the suggestion? Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, sat cross-legged on the couch of a darkened TV…
Read more Why Not Whitmer?The third graders were not interested in meeting the state auditor. It was career day at Samuelson Elementary School in Des Moines, and Rob Sand had assembled a…
Read more The Most Dangerous Democrat in IowaThe long-serving Senator Chuck Grassley is, for lack of a comparison closer to home, Iowa’s Queen Elizabeth II. This is partly a matter of sheer longevity. At 89,…
Read more A World Without Chuck Grassley in the Senate?
