The state House has approved a plan to use the hundreds of millions in interest spun off the Rainy Day fund to compete for federal funding and help pay the Commonwealth’s bills. Lower chamber lawmakers unanimously passed the proposal which would send Rainy Day fund interest into a new “Commonwealth Federal Matching and Debt Reduction … Read more
The office of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu reported the fewest department members and highest number of employees earning $100,000 or more since 2019, according to a five-year analysis conducted by the Herald. Data from the city of Boston’s annual payroll report listed 66 employees in the mayor’s office in 2023, a decrease from 75 in … Read more
The fin whale, the second-largest animal in the world after the blue whale, now lives full-time in the waters around New York and New Jersey, according to a new study that tracked the ocean giants by their songs. This endangered whale typically spends the summer in its Arctic and Antarctic feeding grounds, migrating to the … Read more
A series of incidents in the New Hampshire forests and mountains occurred over the weekend, including one that resulted in the death of a Massachusetts woman, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Shawnee Hollis, 39, of North Brookfield was with a group of three friends each operating their own individual snowmobiles on … Read more
A South Boston lawmaker cautioned the state against using a Fort Point office building for a migrant overflow shelter, saying that squeezing families together in a space without proper bathroom facilities could lead to a “public health crisis.” Speaking at an evening press conference two days after the news broke that the state was considering … Read more
A local middle schooler who was banned from wearing an “only two genders” shirt to school will be the focus of a federal appeals court hearing, which could have major implications for student free speech. Middleboro student Liam Morrison, now in 8th grade, last year was barred by school officials from wearing a shirt to … Read more
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is pulling out all the stops ahead of Super Tuesday and building out her statewide leadership teams. Haley announced on Wednesday that her efforts to secure Massachusetts’ 40 delegates at this year’s Republican National Convention will be led by former MassGOP Chairwoman Jennifer Nassour and co-chaired by state House Minority … Read more
Indicted Trooper Joel Rogers, charged last week in an alleged commercial driver’s license bribery case, was dishonorably discharged and immediately retired. “The State Police today issued a dishonorable discharge to Trooper Rogers, who retired from the Department effective today,” the MSP announced Tuesday night. Rogers was among six agency employees arrested last week as part … Read more
The nation is fiercely divided over the $118 billion U.S. Senate border deal, including in the Bay State where Gov. Maura Healey is pushing for the bill amid the migrant crisis while a local immigrant group called the legislation “inhumane and un-American.” The bipartisan Senate bill, which would address southern border enforcement policy and also … Read more
The decision to take down historical signs commemorating the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in Concord is receiving some backlash from the community, with one resident saying the matter should have been voted on. Officials removed the so-called tercentenary markers in late January after a pair of commissions argued the signs had harmed Indigenous … Read more
