MA Families Who Require Liquor at Thanksgiving Better Get it Now
Massachusetts has a blue law regarding the sale of liquor on Thanksgiving Day.
It’s time to ban cellphones in schools
A new generation of parents are demanding a constant lifeline to their children, unaware of the detrimental social impacts of cellphone addiction that teachers are witnessing firsthand.
Ex-officer seeks to move Sandra Birchmore trial out of Mass. over ‘biased’ coverage
Lawyers for the former Stoughton police officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmore after grooming her for years are asking to move the case out of Massachusetts, saying that media coverage has biased the public into believing he's guilty. Matthew Farwell, faces federal charges of killing a witness or victim and...
Massachusetts State Police loses $6.8M judgment in lawsuit accusing it of discrimination
BOSTON (AP) — A jury has ordered the Massachusetts State Police to pay $6.8 million after a finding that it discriminated against female and minority troopers. The verdict confirmed Tuesday by a Suffolk Superior Court clerk came in a lawsuit accusing the agency’s leadership of enabling a discriminatory process for...
Massachusetts Rent Control Push Surpasses 124,000 Signatures, Heads to Next Stage
The campaign behind a proposed 2026 ballot measure to establish rent control across the state says it has cleared the highest signature-gathering hurdle in the initiative petition process, submitting what organizers describe as a “surplus” of voter support ahead of Wednesday’s local filing deadline. Two years ago,...
He was the largest prescriber of high-dose oxycodone in the MassHealth program. Then a...
Believed to be the first conviction of its kind in Massachusetts, a Dracut doctor has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after illegally prescribing opioids that prosecutors say caused the death of an at-risk patient. Richard Miron, 83, ranked as the largest provider of “high dose, short acting oxycodone...
Do Single-Income Families Still Exist in Massachusetts?
The concept of single-income families, where one parent works and the other stays at home to care for the children, seems to be a fading memory for many. This is particularly true in Massachusetts, where the cost of living has significantly risen over the years. A social media user reminisces about growing up in the...
Mass. House to honor Higuayagua Taino Luku Kairi Tribal Nation
BOSTON — The Massachusetts House of Representatives will honor the Higuayagua Taino Luku Kairi Tribal Nation with a formal resolution on Wednesday. The Taino people are the indigenous forebears of people from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and the Virgin Islands. Members of the tribe will...
New Serial Killer Identified in Massachusetts
A man who was convicted of murder twice is now charged in connection with two cold case homicides in Massachusetts.
Worcester councilor seeks ban on ‘painful’ rodeo equipment
A Worcester city councilor wants the city to enact an ordinance to prohibit rodeos from using tools that hurt animals. Council Vice Chair and Councilor-at-Large Khrystian King’s order calls for the creation of an ordinance that would ban tools of “torture, torment and any painful, injurious techniques or devices to...
