Politics

Chris Lisinski State House News Service Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley threw her support behind Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins amid a heated public dispute with a Boston police union, condemning the association as “tearing down a Black woman in leadership and putting her life at further risk.” Rollins, who in …

Chris Van Buskirk State House News Service As an extensive vote-by-mail bill moves to the Senate, one voting rights advocacy organization and the association representing town clerks hope the upper chamber will address several outstanding issues including delivery requirements for mail-in ballots. The mail-in voting legislation (H 4768) comes as …

Colin A. Young State House News Service A federal judge ruled late Friday in favor of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe in its circuitous quest to maintain control of 321 acres of reservation land in Mashpee and Taunton, saying the Trump administration’s 2018 declaration that the tribe does not qualify as …

In an announcement cheered by the fishing industry and described as an “attack on our ocean” by opponents, President Donald Trump on Friday reversed a four-year-old decision by President Barack Obama that had abruptly ended commercial fishing within a 5,000-square mile area of the Atlantic Ocean deemed a national marine …

Mayor Jon Mitchell announced Saturday that the City of New Bedford will follow and implement the second phase of Governor Charlie Baker’s reopening plan, which allows for additional sector reopening on Monday, June 8. The plan includes sector-specific guidance for businesses and operations permitted to reopen with guidelines during the …

The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that Phase II of the Commonwealth’s reopening plan will begin on June 8th. Businesses and sectors set to begin opening in Phase II are subject to compliance with all mandatory safety standards. On May 18, the Administration released a four-phased plan to reopen the economy …

Chris Lisinski State House News Service The MBTA will no longer use its buses to transport non-transit law enforcement to and from protests against police violence that have occurred in Boston and other cities and towns across the state over the past week. Following outcry from activists and direction from …

Matt Murphy State House News Service Thousands of people congregating night after night to protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis poses a risk for the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Charlie Baker acknowledged on Wednesday, but the governor said the state has no intention of trying …

An anonymous person has started an online petition that asks the New Bedford Police Department to “require on-duty police officers to use body-worn cameras in New Bedford.” At the time of this writing, it has received 3,618 of the 5,000 signature goal. To the New Bedford Police Department, We demand …

Colin A. Young State House News Service The Massachusetts National Guard said Tuesday that it has placed a soldier on inactive status and is investigating claims that he posted to social media that he “can’t wait to shoot” rioters. On social media early Tuesday, an image began circulating that purported …