Federal judge blocks mass Education Department layoffs
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Advocates established a campaign in response to a ballot question committee calling to repeal the 2024 state gun regulation law.
The state announced it will delay enforcement of a rule to speed up adoption of electric vehicles, following action in Congress and opposition from dealers and the car industry.
A late-season nor’easter created windy, wet conditions for most of Massachusetts on Thursday. With the storm largely in the rearview mirror, rainfall totals released Friday show the heaviest precipitation along the immediate coast with Western Massachusetts largely spared the worst of the impact.
On Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate amended the proposed $61.4 billion budget to allow cities and towns to set their own limits on restaurant and bar liquor licenses. If passed, this would be a significant shift from the current system,
President Donald Trump is fighting his mass deportation battle on two fronts: the courts, where he is losing, and public opinion, where he may have a better shot. While Justice Department lawyers seek to salvage some of the most aggressive elements of Trump’s deportation agenda,
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The Trump administration is indefinitely barred from issuing or finalizing widespread layoffs at most major federal agencies after a judge late Thursday night issued a preliminary injunction finding the president likely acted outside his legal and constitutional powers.
This butterfly conservatory holds over 4,000 butterflies from as far away as Southeast Asia and South America.
This week was heavy on red-hot hitters from Seekonk, Newton South, Hamilton-Wenham, Shawsheen, Franklin, and Bishop Feehan.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been instructed to arrest people immediately after a judge has ordered them to be deported or after prosecutors move to drop their case.