Politics

Below is a statement from Congressman Bill Keating, a senior Member of the Homeland Security Committee, on President Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. “Democracy, justice, and our shared values demand that Congress must take swift action and bring a vote to the floor …

Thirty five New Bedford residents are running for elected officer in 2017, up from 30 candidates that ran in 2015. Three incumbents are running unopposed and only the mayoral race and Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 4 city council contents will see a primary election on October 3rd. The final …

Democrat Massachusetts Senator Karen Spilka is presenting legislation to allow Massachusetts residents to identify as “X” instead of male or female on their driver’s licenses. Earlier this month, Oregon became the first state to start issuing gender-neutral driver’s licenses and state ID cards. Senator Karen Spilka’s proposed legislation Massachusetts reads: …

Four people get to skip the New Bedford school committee preliminary election in October and to face off for three school committee seats on November 7th. At least seven candidates were needed to have a preliminary election. Incumbent Josh Amaral and new faces John Oliveira, Colleen Dawicki and Richard Porter …

Earlier this year, Massachusetts legislators voted to increase their pay and judges pay by $18 million. It was vetoed by Governor Baker but quickly overturned by the legislators. The pay raise was mostly on party lines – no Republicans supported the pay raise bill and nine House Democrats and three …

Five New Bedford residents have committed to running for the Ward 5 New Bedford City Council seat vacated by Kerry Winterson. In February, Winterson cited his wife’s health and personal reasons for not seeking re-election. The five candidates are David Sullivan, Kate Towers, Nelson Macedo, Paul Chasse and Scott Lima. …

Incumbent New Bedford Ward 4 City Councilor Dana Rebeiro will face two challengers in this year’s race. Former Ward 4 councilor Joseph Jo-Jo Fortes and Kenneth Gilbert are challenging Rebeiro who will be seeking her third term in office. Ward 4 contains much of downtown, the waterfront and the New …

In a letter to his army just prior to the end of the Revolutionary War, George Washington stated the importance of any person being able to voice their opinion, especially when the stakes are high. “… if Men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter…reason is …

This week ESPN removed Asian-American announcer Robert Lee from covering University of Virginia’s home opener football game “simply because of the coincidence of his name.” Apparently, ESPN thinks he’s a statue and needs to be taken down. The past few weeks Confederate statues have been covered or taken down in …

Three candidates have turned in enough signatures before the August 15th deadline in the New Bedford’s Ward 2 City Council race. Long time Ward 2 City Councilor Steven Martins is vacating the city council seat to run against Martin “Marty” Treadup for Assessor. Carlos Pimentel Felix and Edwin Cartagena have …