Beltway Politics
Steven Mnuchin defends Trump's reaction to Charlottesville violence »
Boston Globe
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, under fire from Yale classmates and Jewish critics of President Trump, has defended the president's equivocating response to the racially charged violence in Charlot…
Warren to hold town halls in Dartmouth, Marshfield, Concord »
The Associated Press (AP)
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is planning to meet with local residents at three town hall events across Massachusetts this week.…
Business
New plan to boost liquor licenses concerns restaurateurs »
Boston Globe
The disparities are glaring: Restaurants with liquor licenses are concentrated in Boston's more affluent neighborhoods.…
Civil Rights
How Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Is Bridging Boston's Racial Divide »
Boston Magazine
On an unseasonably warm day in late April, more than 150 people descended into the basement of the Arlington Street Church for a teach-in on “How to Be a White Ally for Climate Justice.†…
Photos: What Happened At The Boston Rallies »
WBUR
Gathering on Boston Common Saturday, thousands of counter-protesters demonstrated against a self-described free speech rally, whose smaller group of attendees left their protest earlier than anticipat…
Education
In Holyoke, Latino parents to sue over interpretation services »
Boston Globe
A group of Latino parents plans to file a federal lawsuit Monday against the state and Holyoke school officials for failing to consistently translate school documents and provide interpreters for immi…
Environment
AG Maura Healey: Don't Open Restricted Waters to Oil, Gas Drilling »
NECN
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says she's opposed to the creation of a new five-year national offshore oil and gas leasing program.…
Housing
Homeowners could be required to disclose lead in pipes »
Berkshire Eagle
Home sellers in Massachusetts have for decades been required to tell potential buyers if toxic lead paint or plaster was detected in tests of the property. …
Judiciary
From segregated South to Massachusetts' highest court, Geraldine Hines retires »
Blasting News
Geraldine S. Hines was a long way from her upbringing in the segregated South when she retired on Friday.…
Legislative
New salary figures show Brockton pols voted themselves big pay raises »
Wicked Local Brockton
Brockton area lawmakers are benefiting from a little more money in their pockets, thanks to themselves, after voting for pay raises earlier this year.…
Flanagan, L'Italien lead in missed roll calls »
Sentinel & Enterprise
There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators' roll call attendance records for the 2017 session through Aug. 18.…
A summer at the Statehouse »
Newburyport News
Merrimack College junior Megan DesAutels freely admits she had little interest in government before volunteering to work on state Rep. Jim Kelcourse's re-election campaign last fall.…
Local Government
Devil's in details of Satanists' bid to give invocation »
Boston Herald
Satanists are again asking city councilors to let them lead the elected body's opening invocation, and say a lawsuit could be in the cards if they don't get the chance to say their prayers.…
David Sweeney seen as likable, familiar face »
Boston Herald
Mayor Martin J. Walsh's incoming chief of staff David Sweeney says the sudden shake-up of the mayor's Cabinet won't disrupt City Hall and political watchers predict the chief financial officer will ke…
David Sweeney tapped as new Walsh chief of staff; Dan Koh leaves post in September »
Dorchester Reporter
Boston's Chief Financial Officer David Sweeney will be appointed chief of staff for Mayor Martin Walsh in September, to replace departing Daniel Koh, the mayor's office announced Friday.…
Denlea to resign from Attleboro City Council »
The Sun Chronicle
A city election is coming up in November but there'll be changes on the city council before then.…
After One Prominent Candidate Withdraws, Field Is Set For Springfield City Council Preliminary »
WAMC
It has been an election season of surprises in Springfield, Massachusetts and voters have not even gone to the polls yet.
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Marijuana
Recreational marijuana rallies were held at Draper Park in Milford »
The Metro West Daily News
Both sides of the upcoming local recreational marijuana vote made their case at Draper Memorial Park Saturday morning.…
Cape Cod business highlights open questions about legal marijuana
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Cape Cod Times
Cannabidiol changed Jody Nelson's life.…
Opinion
If Lee goes, will Washington and Jefferson follow? »
Boston Globe
Here is the dispiriting problem with President Trump's disjointed rants that conflate fact and fiction, often in the same sentence: Sometimes he is right.…
A peaceful rally, but a few disquieting questions linger »
Boston Globe
The far-right rally on Boston Common on Saturday tested the city's capacity to allow unpopular, even wicked, causes.…
Bike Trail Needs Further Study - Letter »
Cape News
I am writing in support of the Upper Cape Regional Transfer Station board of managers vote to enter into a five-year contract for operation of the station to Cavossa Disposal Corporation. …
State auditor calls for new, focused funding to tackle federal stormwater rules »
Boston Globe
Thank you for your editorial calling on the state to assume responsibility for federal stormwater regulations (“Mass. can lead on clean water if feds won't,†July 30). …
Ipswich editorial: Numbers show human trafficking needs focus »
Wicked Local Ipswich
Let's stop and look at the human trafficking numbers before we break our arms patting ourselves on the back. The fact is the the commonwealth's 2011 anti-trafficking law represents a start against hum…
Flynn: Thin blue line does Bostonians proud »
Boston Herald
While the world looked on expecting the worst, Boston's finest demonstrated the very best of our great city.…
Hand: Is the military pushing back against Trump? »
The Sun Chronicle
All the debate over the murder of a woman protesting against racist groups in Charlottesville obscured an unusual and curious move by the U.S. military last week.…
Editorial: Progress on T pensions? »
Boston Herald
Thanks to a united stand by Gov. Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Stan Rosenberg state law now authorizes the “private†MBTA pension fund to transfer its asse…
Your View: Pipelines, compressors, LNG tanks - suspended not canceled »
South Coast Today
Nowadays, everybody on SouthCoast seems to think that we're out from under the threatened expansion of the Acushnet LNG facility, and pipelines and compressor stations here and around the Northeast. …
Rep. Dempsey was 'old school,' honest »
Berkshire Eagle
Compliments on the well written and totally factual article "Dempsey Effect'' that appeared in the Tribune's Sunday edition. In the article, (Reporter Peter) Francis told the readers about the tens of…
The real enemy at the rally? Boston's racist image »
Boston Globe
Politics
Coakley-Rivera, Again, Changes Contest & Latinos' At-large Hopes »
Western Mass Politics and Insight
In only the past week, Springfield's at-large City Council race received another series of jolts. But this time, rather than shaking the race up further, the news seemly reset the board to its place i…
Chabot: Beth Lindstrom to contend for Elizabeth Warren's Senate seat »
Boston Herald
Longtime GOP operative Beth Lindstrom will announce this morning that she is running to oust U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2018 — but her first target appears to be fellow Republican President …
GOP Senate Candidate Shiva Ayyadurai Called For Peace And Love At Boston "Free Speech Rally" »
One of the speakers at Saturday's controversial "free speech rally" in the historic Boston Commons park, Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, is a candidate for the Republican Senate nomination to run against Democra…
Despite outcry from pols, rally participants say they're not racist »
Boston Herald
Some participants in Saturday's “Free Speech Rally†on Boston Common are rejecting the idea they are bigots affiliated with hate groups such as neo-Nazis or the KKK.…
Walsh's chief of staff to leave administration to prepare congressional bid »
Boston Globe
Daniel Koh, the wunderkind chief of staff who helped shepherd Mayor Martin J. Walsh's administration through most of its first term, is leaving that post by the end of the month, city officials announ…
Daniel Koh leaves City Hall to run for Congress »
Boston Herald
Daniel Koh is leaving his high-profile post as Mayor Martin J. Walsh's chief of staff to begin revving a congressional run in his hometown district, where he'll test his resume, roots and fundraising …
Koh preparing to leave Walsh, pursue congressional run
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Eagle Tribune
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's chief of staff Daniel Arrigg Koh will leave leaving City Hall at the end of the month, in the midst of the mayor's re-election campaign, to prepare to run for Congress next …
State Senate candidates discuss issues »
Wicked Local Mansfield
A varied mix of contenders for Medfield's vacant State Senate seat discussed their backgrounds and their take on the issues facing the state during this week's candidate night.…
Lindstrom launches GOP Senate bid by denouncing D.C. "finger pointing" »
Sentinel & Enterprise
Public Health
First responders adding safety kits to guard against fentanyl exposure »
Lowell Sun
The growing presence of synthetic opioids fentanyl and carfentanil has first responders worried not just about overdose victims, but about their own safety as well.…
Public Safety
Spotlight on Ware - One small community's outsized number of sexual offenders »
Worcester Telegram
Paul Shanley, who as a Catholic priest preyed upon society's most vulnerable children, cast a spotlight on the town of Ware when he went there recently to live in an apartment in a yellow-clapboard ho…
Barnstable County inmate suicides under investigation »
Cape Cod Times
The family of Jessica DiCesare wants to know why she was able to commit suicide at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility despite a desperate note she wrote to jail staff the day before she hange…
Transit Police officer to be sentenced in beating »
Boston Globe
The former Transit Police officer convicted of beating a Roxbury woman during a 2014 arrest and lying about it in official reports will be sentenced in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday afternoon, the …
State police more likely to search non-white drivers, less likely to discover contraband »
The Enterprise
An Enterprise review of two years' worth of local and regional traffic stop data has found that non-white motorists are searched during state police traffic stops at a higher rate than white motorists…
Police chiefs back Gov. Charlie Baker's immigration detainer bill »
The Republican
Utilities
Verizon cuts off elderly woman's phone — on her birthday »
Boston Globe
It was Joan Tanos's 84th birthday, and the phone wasn't ringing.…
Weekend News
Managing deer in the Blue Hills »
Boston Globe
The Blue Hills Reservation hasn't been such a friendly place for deer these past couple of years. The state held hunts in both 2015 and 2016 to reduce the number of deer feasting on vegetation in the …
SUNDAY NOTEBOOK: New test for Leominster school: student departures »
Sentinel & Enterprise
AFTER ONLY ONE year of having more students coming into the district than going out, Leominster might soon find itself back on the wrong side of the school choice equation.…
Police, protesters commended for Saturday's show of peace »
Boston Globe
Four men with weapons were among 33 people arrested by Boston police during Saturday's “Boston Free Speech†rally and counterprotest on Boston Common, police said Sunday.…
Boston Free Speech Rally Fizzles As Thousands Protest; City Cuts Event Short To Avoid Mayhem »
New Boston Post
Thousands upon thousands of counter-protesters ignored Mayor Martin J. Walsh's “avoid the Common†edict, descending upon the Hub's largest public space to shout down what had been dubbed a…
Freedom of association is for businesses, too »
Boston Globe
The neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer lost its longtime digital home last week. On Sunday night, the giant web-hosting company GoDaddy ordered the Stormer to remove its domain within 24 hours. …
Smart investors may be killing capitalism »
Boston Globe
Picking stocks is for insiders and suckers. That has become the new wisdom on Wall Street when it comes to the best interest of average investors. …
In a city with fraught racial past, a day of protest against hatred and bigotry »
Boston Globe
A city with a fraught racial past turned out tens of thousands of protesters Saturday for an overwhelming denunciation of racism, anti-Semitism, and religious bigotry, in a demonstration that was larg…
Higgins to host Community Conversations in August »
Leominster Champion
During the last two weeks of August, state Rep. Natalie Higgins will host her first-ever series of Community Conversations.…
Taunton's annual Church at the Park offers fellowship and material support »
Wicked Local Raynham
The turnout was lower than in recent years, but the organizer of Saturday's Church at the Park event in Memorial Park said the effort continues to be worthwhile.…
School choice initiative drains $ from hard-hit districts, critics say »
Worcester Telegram
Districts, lawmakers eye fix to state's school choice program…
Eldridge: Let's turn strong words into a legislative commitment »
The Metro West Daily News
When Donald Trump defended white supremacists who were trying to stop the tearing down of Confederate statues, he invoked the legacy of military generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Generals …
'Enough is enough': Hundreds turned up to tune out neo-Nazi hate-mongering
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Berkshire Eagle
Love trumped hate decisively on Saturday afternoon, as more than 500 area residents joined together for an afternoon of singing, chanting and goodwill on Park Square at a rally against racism and hatr…
Pittsfield Rallies Against Hate, Racism
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iBerkshires
Hundreds of local residents joined at Park Square on Saturday in protest of hate and racism.
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PETER LUCAS: Selling Bay State's baloney sandwich on bipartisanship »
Lowell Sun
Yes, that's the answer. America should imitate Massachusetts, and then all the politicians in Washington would respect and love each other, like they do here.
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Second year in a row no sales tax holiday in Massachusetts »
WWLP 22
BOSTON (WWLP)—This is the second year in a row Massachusetts will go without a sales tax holiday. Despite Governor Baker's last minute efforts, the legislature did not approve a sales tax holid…
Rail passenger gathering at Springfield's Union Station to discuss future of train travel in New England »
MassLive
Rail passengers will gather Saturday in Springfield to tour Union Station and learn of possible improvements to rail travel in the region, including plans for an expansion of real service along the Co…
Gifford joins colleagues in condemning groups espousing bigotry, violence »
Wicked Local Wareham
BOSTON – State Rep. Susan Gifford, R-Wareham, joined her colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature to support a resolution that unequivocally denounces white nationalism and neo-Nazism, and c…
Mylan and U.S. Government reach settlement over EpiPen
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WWLP 22
The US government may have overpaid for EpiPens by more than $1 billion dollars over 10 years.
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State grant to help with veterans housing in New Bedford »
South Coast Today
The property at 20 Willis St. has a history of helping those in need. Originally a hospital, the concrete building, which evolves to brick and then wood, now acts as a transitional housing facility fo…
Celebration held for affordable housing funding »
Wicked Local Cambridge
State rep. Mike Connolly recently joined rep. Kevin Honan and other state and local leaders to celebrate the announcement of $72 million in housing subsidy and capital funds and $28 million in low-inc…
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Friday's Late-Breaking News
Bill would make it easier for cities to host marijuana cafes »
The Republican
Polito’s home left off town’s online database — at husband’s request »
Boston Globe
The new green deal: Pot shop offers to invest in Swansea Mall's future »
The Herald News
Fugitives 'won't get a pass' in Bristol County, DA says »
South Coast Today
Economic risks on horizon, Boston Fed economist says »
Worcester Business Journal
State narrows canal traffic suggestions »
Cape Cod Times
Carver school officials support increased state aid funding »
Wicked Local Carver
Columbia Gas Names New President In Massachusetts »
Lynnfield Patch
Partners-CNE deal won't get thorough review in Massachusetts »
Healthcare Dive
Mayor Arrigo Says State of the City Is Strong in Positive Address »
Revere Journal
On GE, Baker and Walsh were smart — but also got lucky »
Boston Globe
No love for MassDOT »
Martha's Vineyard Times
How Bill Weld Could Shake Up The 2020 Republican Primary »
FiveThirtyEight
Bill Would Ban Plastic Bags Across Massachusetts »
New England Public Radio
Breakfast After the Bell takes stigma from free school meals »
The Recorder
Area lawmakers sign on to carbon pricing bill »
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