Matt McDonald
Matt McDonald was born in Brighton and grew up in Watertown. He has spent most of his life in the general area of Boston. He has worked for six newspaper organizations and several magazines, mostly as a reporter, but also as a copy editor and editor, among other things. His work has appeared in The Mashpee Messenger, Cape Cod News, and The Norfolk Boomerang.
Items by Matt McDonald
Amherst Police Alternative Records Suggest Responders Answered Three Calls In Two and a Half Months
April 20, 2024, 6:59 EDT
Biden’s Lead Among Young Adults Is Double Digits Lower Than The Lead He Had Four Years Ago, Harvard Poll Finds
April 19, 2024, 22:29 EDT
Black City Councilor In Attleboro Says ‘Diversity Committee’ Wouldn’t Foster Respect, Merit, or Diversity of Opinion
April 11, 2024, 23:21 EDT
Cambridge Police Eyeing New Policy To Quickly Disclose Names of Officers Who Shoot Someone — Would Be First In Massachusetts
April 6, 2024, 10:31 EDT
Falmouth To Have Surplus Police Guns Destroyed Instead of Trading Them In For Discount On New Guns
April 4, 2024, 8:25 EDT
Worried About Recruiting New Cops, Worcester Officials Consider Easing Age Restriction
March 22, 2024, 22:13 EDT
Some Climate-Change-Minded People In Somerville Pushing For Repairing — Not Replacing — Natural Gas Pipes
March 19, 2024, 21:14 EDT
‘Sexual Assault and Molestation Insurance’ More Than Doubles Cost of Prom Buses In Saugus
March 16, 2024, 18:09 EDT
Maine Senate Adopts Compact Bill Aiming To Upend Electoral College With Nationwide Popular Vote Totals In Presidential Elections
March 14, 2024, 1:09 EDT
Two Massachusetts Biden Nominees May Help Determine Federal Agency’s Climate-Change Policies On Pipelines
March 4, 2024, 19:13 EST
Massachusetts Senate Passes ‘Comprehensive’ Sex Education Bill Seeking To Introduce Non-Reproductive Sex Acts To Seventh-Graders
March 1, 2024, 19:50 EST
Massachusetts Governor’s Council Confirms Governor Healey’s Former Longtime Romantic Partner To State’s Highest Court
February 28, 2024, 16:46 EST
Massachusetts Attorney General Sues Milton For Rejecting Re-Zoning Proposal; Milton Selectman Mentions Boston Tea Party
February 28, 2024, 12:01 EST
‘Optics’ of Massachusetts Governor’s Nomination of Former Romantic Partner To State’s Highest Court Surfaces At Confirmation Hearing, But No Hard Questions
February 22, 2024, 8:07 EST
Western Massachusetts District Attorney Was Disturbed By Reports of Gender Queer in Middle School — Initially
February 20, 2024, 9:53 EST
Massachusetts Governor’s Council To Interview Governor Maura Healey’s Former Longtime Romantic Partner For State’s Highest Court Next Week
February 16, 2024, 11:12 EST
Federal Appeals Court Hears Oral Arguments In ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ Middleborough Middle School Case
February 8, 2024, 22:01 EST
Maura Healey Nominates Former Longtime Romantic Partner To Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
February 7, 2024, 16:55 EST
Race vs. Gender Identity In Amherst Public Schools Flap Over Interim Principal
January 13, 2024, 20:26 EST
Claudine Gay Should Have Remained President of Harvard, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Says
January 9, 2024, 19:45 EST
Claims That Former Harvard President Claudine Gay Is A Race Martyr Are Yet Another Fraud
January 4, 2024, 19:09 EST
‘Racial Bias’ Played A Role In Harvard President Claudine Gay’s Downfall, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Says
January 4, 2024, 14:22 EST
Sheltering Foreign Migrants Costing Massachusetts $900 Million-Plus A Year
December 19, 2023, 22:09 EST
North Shore Judge Picked Public School For Child Over Religious School As Default In Parents’ Dispute
December 19, 2023, 20:28 EST
Abortion Supporters In New Hampshire Call For State Constitutional Amendment Allowing Abortions After 24 Weeks Into Pregnancy If Doctor Gives O.K.
December 18, 2023, 16:43 EST
Healey Nominates Abortion-Supporting Former Aide For Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
December 8, 2023, 17:20 EST
Allow Multi-Family Housing Units or State Will Cut Off Some Local Aid, Maura Healey Says To Massachusetts Towns
December 7, 2023, 18:21 EST
Massachusetts Illegal Immigrant Among Clients of Fake-Wedding Factory, Prosecutors Say
December 1, 2023, 23:03 EST
Mother Convicted In Death of One Child Can’t Retain Parental Rights To Others Just Because of Belated Indian Status Claim, Court Says
November 29, 2023, 22:55 EST
Audit-The Legislature Campaign Says It Submitted Enough Signatures To Make November 2024 Ballot
November 23, 2023, 16:12 EST
Healey Administration Recommends Public Colleges In Massachusetts Join Abortion Provider Trade Association
November 22, 2023, 21:34 EST
Cape Protesters Against Illegal Immigration Draw Attention To Issue That Is Roiling Massachusetts
November 19, 2023, 14:25 EST
Little-Known Cape Cod Regional Government Entity Seeking 500 Percent Raise In Stipends
November 3, 2023, 14:16 EDT
Pro-Transgenderism Protesters Demonstrate Outside Massachusetts Family Institute Dinner
October 13, 2023, 21:25 EDT
Maura Healey’s First Judge Nominee Has Frequently Donated To Campaigns of Healey and Other Democrats In Massachusetts
October 13, 2023, 16:40 EDT
Can Your Neighbor Give You A Parking Ticket? Somerville Officials Considering It
September 25, 2023, 23:17 EDT
Maine’s Largest City Fully Implementing Wabanaki and Black Studies Curriculums
September 20, 2023, 19:28 EDT
Cambridge Looking To Ban Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers — But Landscapers Say They’ll Feel The Pain
September 16, 2023, 14:49 EDT
Worcester City Councilor Challenges City Solicitor For Citing U.S. Supreme Court Decision As Authority In Crisis Pregnancy Centers Measures
September 13, 2023, 15:26 EDT
Dorchester Heights Revolutionary War Monument To Get $30 Million Restoration — And Why It Matters
September 12, 2023, 18:05 EDT
Haiti-Born Bank Robber A Shoo-In For A Pardon, Massachusetts Governor’s Council Member Says
September 8, 2023, 18:16 EDT
Harvard Worst College In America When It Comes To Free Speech, Survey Says
September 7, 2023, 11:47 EDT
Massachusetts Officials Looking For Stories About ‘Indigenous Communities, Women, The Enslaved, and Youth’ To Celebrate Anniversary of the American Revolution
July 28, 2023, 17:42 EDT
State Attorney General’s Office Is Advising Massachusetts Cities and Towns Not To Target Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Two Worcester Officials Say
July 20, 2023, 17:59 EDT
Grant Williams Leaves Boston Celtics Partly Over Massachusetts Millionaires Tax
July 7, 2023, 21:29 EDT
Healey Says April Dip In State Revenues Shouldn’t Nix Tax Cuts In Massachusetts
May 6, 2023, 8:32 EDT
Teacher License Requirements Too Hard In Certain Specialties Given Teacher Shortage, State Board Says
April 25, 2023, 20:12 EDT
Five Questions for James Bopp Jr.;
Lawyer Who Undermined Roe v. Wade Until It Fell
April 24, 2023, 15:15 EDT
City On A Hill? Activists Demand ‘De-Naming’ of Winthrop House at Harvard College
February 26, 2023, 10:06 EST
Eleven-Year-Old Reads Sex Scene From Teen Book At Local Library Out Loud To School Board
February 26, 2023, 8:28 EST
Abortion Lessens ‘The Cost of a Child in Special Education,’ Local Democratic Party Official Says
February 16, 2023, 21:54 EST
‘Reproductive Justice Unit’ Coming To Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
January 19, 2023, 19:09 EST
Cambridge Bans ‘Deceptive Advertising’ At Pro-Life Crisis Pregnancy Centers — If Any Come To Town
January 10, 2023, 23:36 EST
Six Simple Things The Massachusetts Legislature Should Do This Legislative Session
January 4, 2023, 21:10 EST
Connecticut Town Mulls Dropping ‘Pride Flag’ Because of Christian Flag Court Case In Boston
November 23, 2022, 18:57 EST
Maine Lobsters Verboten At Whole Foods Because Environmental Group Worried About Right Whales
November 22, 2022, 7:14 EST
‘We Live In A Terrible Country,’ Somerville City Councilor Says During Discussion of Free City Legal Services For Illegal Immigrants
November 7, 2022, 8:07 EST
Email Messages With Link To Committee Opposing Driver’s Licenses For Illegal Immigrants Went To Spam, Comcast Customer Says
November 6, 2022, 20:12 EST
Massachusetts ‘Economic Stimulus’ Bill Includes $1 Million To ‘Educate’ About ‘So-Called Crisis Pregnancy Centers’
November 3, 2022, 17:31 EDT
Westford Residents Celebrating Columbus Day This Weekend, Hoping To Save Holiday In Their Town
October 8, 2022, 15:00 EDT
Would A Charter School Help Black Kids In Cambridge? Former Mayor Likes The Idea
September 30, 2022, 21:01 EDT
Criminal Background Checks For Pro-Lifers At Crisis Pregnancy Centers? Somerville To Talk About It
September 28, 2022, 6:32 EDT
Six Mistakes Ron DeSantis’s Martha’s Vineyard Resettlement Critics Are Making
September 17, 2022, 15:02 EDT
Several Massachusetts Crisis Pregnancy Centers Call On Maura Healey To Stop Targeting Them and Start Protecting Them
September 13, 2022, 19:01 EDT
Diehl Is Choice For Governor of Massachusetts Pro-Life Group; All The MCFL PAC Endorsements
August 27, 2022, 22:39 EDT
Retired Lexington Cop Can’t Add Vacation Pay To Pension Calculation, State’s Highest Court Rules
August 15, 2022, 13:11 EDT
The Perils of Not Paying Property Taxes In Massachusetts Illustrated In Bourne Case
August 13, 2022, 22:41 EDT
Dangerousness Is In The Eye of the Statute, Massachusetts High Court Says
August 13, 2022, 22:40 EDT
Reparations? Anti-Racist Training? Amherst Officials Demanding Changes In Town’s Police Department Over Late-Night Interaction With Teen-Agers
August 12, 2022, 22:12 EDT
Kamala Harris Praises Charlie Baker’s ‘National Leadership’ On Abortion; Baker Cites Mother For His Abortion Views
August 4, 2022, 18:04 EDT
No Tax Cut From The Massachusetts Legislature; Referendum Tax Rebates Still Expected
August 1, 2022, 20:19 EDT
Barbara Anderson Strikes Again – Massachusetts Taxpayers To Get Tax Rebate Thanks To Obscure 1986 Referendum
July 28, 2022, 19:21 EDT
Gun Licenses Now Harder To Turn Down In Massachusetts After U.S. Supreme Court Ruling, State Officials Say
July 4, 2022, 10:04 EDT
Abortion May Be Good For Drawing Businesses To Massachusetts, Governor Says
June 27, 2022, 23:18 EDT
Hidden American History Can Bring Americans Together, Fox’s Brian Kilmeade Says
May 21, 2022, 0:24 EDT
Massachusetts Legislator Says She Doesn’t Make Enough Money To Have Children
February 24, 2022, 16:11 EST
Northampton School Committee Member Draws Fire For Way He Challenged Combining Honors and Non-Honors Math Classes
February 23, 2022, 17:52 EST
Unvaccinated Boston Teachers Must Get Tested Twice A Week Under New Agreement — If Virus Thresholds Are Low Enough
February 10, 2022, 19:17 EST
Pink-Mask-Wearing Democratic Donor Screams At, Threatens Massachusetts GOP Staff Members At Party Headquarters, Witnesses Say
February 10, 2022, 16:50 EST
Millionaires Tax A Boon For Equity Or A Bust For The Economy In Massachusetts?
January 13, 2022, 23:14 EST
Raise The Threshold On Massachusetts Estate Tax, GOP State Legislator Says
January 12, 2022, 19:41 EST
Parents Are More Hesitant About Coronavirus Vaccines Than Expected, Massachusetts Governor Says
January 11, 2022, 17:20 EST
Legal Brief Challenges Biden Vaccine and Mask Mandate; Massachusetts Family Institute A Signer
January 8, 2022, 10:45 EST
Biden Stimulus Bill Would Squeeze Out Religious Schools From Child Care and Preschool, Some Providers Say
December 3, 2021, 8:21 EST
Sean McDonough Flap Over ‘Asian’ Name Another Non-Gotcha Moment For Mainstream Media
October 9, 2021, 19:01 EDT
Born-Alive Petition Supporters To State’s Highest Court: Flip Attorney General’s Rejection
September 7, 2021, 22:37 EDT
Ballot Question Seeking To Stop Climate-Change Carbon Fee On Fuel Clears Attorney General Review
September 1, 2021, 20:27 EDT
Federal Judge Upholds UMass Coronavirus Vaccination Mandate Against Religious-Freedom Arguments
August 27, 2021, 20:49 EDT
State Board Approves Masks Mandate For Massachusetts Public Schools – But Two Members Express Strong Reservations
August 24, 2021, 20:24 EDT
Baker Administration Does About-Face On Masks In Public Schools – Board Likely To Approve Statewide Mask Mandate In Massachusetts
August 20, 2021, 18:40 EDT
Lowell School Committee Member Trashes ‘Fear and Hysteria’ of New Mask Requirement
August 16, 2021, 8:35 EDT
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Charged With Indecent Assault In Wellesley From 1970s
July 29, 2021, 16:12 EDT
State Law Should Require Racial Minority On Massachusetts Victims Assistance Board, Bill Supporters Say
July 27, 2021, 19:02 EDT
Couple Who Had Baby For Two Lesbians They Hardly Knew Now Can’t Get Him Back, Court Says
July 22, 2021, 18:06 EDT
Abortion-Supporting U.S. Ambassador To Ireland Nominee Shows Why Bishops Need To Deny Communion To Pro-Abortion Politicians, Catholic Group Says
June 29, 2021, 15:25 EDT
Six Wrong Things About the Massachusetts GOP Flap Over Jim Lyons and Same-Sex-Couple Adoption
June 5, 2021, 12:25 EDT
State Auditor Candidate Grilled Judge Nominee On Religion, Said She Has Seen Catholic Faith ‘Actually Interfere With People’s Judgment’
June 1, 2021, 6:32 EDT
National Review Internship Led Democratic (Almost) Candidate for Governor To Go From Pro-Life Conservative Republican To Liberal Democrat, She Says
May 30, 2021, 23:06 EDT
Abortion Supporter To Speak At Holy Cross Commencement; Bishop Refers To Euphemism For Abortion As ‘A Woman’s Right’
May 21, 2021, 9:54 EDT
Some Opposition To Sex Ed Curriculum Was ‘Hate Speech,’ Worcester School Committee Member Says
May 10, 2021, 12:33 EDT
Worcester School Official Invokes Pope Francis, Ireland In Supporting ‘Comprehensive’ Sex Education
May 7, 2021, 12:08 EDT
Comprehensive Sex Education Curriculum Approved By Worcester School Committee
May 6, 2021, 21:34 EDT
Fine People More For Pickup Trucks and Less If They’re Poor? Somerville Considering Changes in Parking Fines
April 17, 2021, 6:16 EDT
$14 A Gallon? Massachusetts Net-Zero-Emissions Climate Change Bill Would Be ‘Ruinous,’ Study Argues
March 16, 2021, 23:03 EDT
Gordon College Doesn’t Qualify For ‘Ministerial Exception’ From Professor’s Sexual Orientation Lawsuit, Massachusetts High Court Says
March 7, 2021, 20:13 EST
Woke Purity Tests Are Hurting Democratic Party and Working People, Democratic State Rep Candidate Says
February 26, 2021, 2:33 EST
U.S. Immigration Policies ‘Are Failing the Undocumented,’ Harvard President Says
February 19, 2021, 20:16 EST
Illegal Immigrants Deserve ‘A Pathway To Citizenship’ Because of Coronavirus, Ayanna Pressley Says
February 19, 2021, 18:10 EST
Dedham Football Coach Sues School Officials, Says Objections To Black Lives Matter Material Led To Firing
February 17, 2021, 14:36 EST
Chelmsford Selectmen Decline To Sign Onto ‘White Privilege’ in ‘Anti-Racism’ Proclamation
February 1, 2021, 18:23 EST
Eliminate Internal Combustion Engine in 14 Years, Massachusetts Legislator Says
January 29, 2021, 7:47 EST
Abortion Bill Opponents Note Timing of House Veto Override – On the Feast of the Holy Innocents
December 28, 2020, 20:30 EST
Massachusetts House Overrides Governor’s Veto of Abortion Bill — Likely To Become Law
December 28, 2020, 13:04 EST
It’s Now ThisClose in the Massachusetts House If Governor Baker Vetoes Abortion Bill
December 22, 2020, 20:06 EST
Massachusetts House Rejects Born-Alive Amendment
December 17, 2020, 1:18 EST
Charlie Baker Surprises Both Sides of ‘Infanticide’ Bill — Future Murky
December 11, 2020, 20:03 EST
Pro-Life Group Prays In Pouring Rain For Defeat of Abortion-Expansion Amendment Outside Massachusetts State House
December 6, 2020, 8:21 EST
Christmas Church Services in Massachusetts? Yes, Says Governor – But No Guarantees About Future
December 2, 2020, 15:01 EST
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Severe Limitations on Religious Gatherings
November 26, 2020, 13:17 EST
Climate-Change Carbon Fee on Fuel in Massachusetts May Be Headed for Shelf
November 24, 2020, 7:24 EST
Abortion Expansion Bill Likely To Get Massachusetts House Vote This Week
November 10, 2020, 7:39 EST
Abortion Expansion Bill To Come To Floor of Massachusetts Legislature, Beacon Hill Leaders Say
November 3, 2020, 6:23 EST
Ed Markey Calls Amy Coney Barrett’s Originalism ‘Racist,’ ‘Sexist,’ ‘Homophobic’ … ‘Just A Fancy Word for Discrimination’
October 26, 2020, 23:24 EDT
Catholic College Alumni Unhappy With School’s Publicizing of Catholic Teaching on Marriage
October 24, 2020, 17:33 EDT
Surprise, Questions, Silence Follow Pope Francis’s Comments on Homosexuality Among New England Catholic Leaders
October 22, 2020, 16:05 EDT
Felons Not Being Allowed To Vote Is ‘The New Jim Crow,’ Ayanna Pressley Says
October 18, 2020, 18:18 EDT
Joe Biden Not Asked About New York Post Story on Son Hunter’s Ukrainian Email Messages During 90-Minute ABC Town Hall
October 15, 2020, 23:22 EDT
GOP Challenger Calls Ed Markey ‘Extremist’ on Abortion After Senator Praises ROE Act Bill
October 5, 2020, 23:43 EDT
Trump Tests Positive — But If He Isn’t Sick, He Could Possibly Make Second Biden Debate
October 2, 2020, 6:53 EDT
Joe Biden Says ‘200 Million People Have Died’ of Coronavirus in United States
September 20, 2020, 19:26 EDT
Brookline To Start Requiring People With Trouble Breathing To Wear Face Shields – Even Though Coronavirus Rate Is Low
August 29, 2020, 13:06 EDT
Boston Catholic Priest Who Endorsed Joe Biden Says He’s Against Legal Abortion
August 28, 2020, 8:42 EDT
Archdiocese of Boston Catholic Pastor Endorses Joe Biden, ‘Woman’s Right To Choose’
August 27, 2020, 18:24 EDT
State Government To Spend $2 Million on Ad Campaign To Get People To Buy Products in Massachusetts
August 26, 2020, 11:09 EDT
Congressman Richard Neal On Defensive Over Party Ties To Alex Morse Allegations
August 18, 2020, 12:31 EDT
Too Much Transparency Can Harm Left-Wing Bills, Massachusetts Democratic Legislator Says
August 14, 2020, 18:21 EDT
Speed and Candor Missing in Massachusetts Governor’s Response To Coronavirus, Democratic State Senator Says
August 14, 2020, 15:59 EDT
Most Massachusetts Communities Handling Coronavirus Well and Schools Should Re-Open There, Governor Says
August 11, 2020, 19:01 EDT
Extension of Formal Legislative Sessions May Provide Oxygen for Left-of-Center Bills in Massachusetts Legislature
July 29, 2020, 20:05 EDT
City Official Who Criticized Black Lives Matter, Coronavirus Measures Resigns
July 28, 2020, 20:53 EDT
Boston Red Sox Broadcasters Offer No Opinions on Massive ‘Black Lives Matter’ Banners at Fenway Park
July 25, 2020, 11:40 EDT
Whole Foods Employees Sue Company For Not Being Allowed To Wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ Masks At Work
July 21, 2020, 8:33 EDT
No More White Summer Interns, All Reporters To ‘Assess Their Work Through A Racial Lens,’ Boston Globe Editor Says
July 3, 2020, 20:14 EDT
Could It Happen in Massachusetts? Religious-Schools-Funding U.S. Supreme Court Decision Examined
July 1, 2020, 14:19 EDT
Boston Archbishop Criticized for Featuring Abortion Supporters During Racial Healing Mass
June 20, 2020, 13:26 EDT
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Are Federal Civil Rights Categories, U.S. Supreme Court Says
June 16, 2020, 0:29 EDT
Massachusetts Governor Declines Comment on Lawsuit Claiming He Has Overreached During Coronavirus Emergency
June 6, 2020, 18:39 EDT
Massachusetts Congresswoman Wants Every ‘Mom and Spouse’ To Feel Safe From Police
June 4, 2020, 16:20 EDT
Massachusetts Attorney General Was Against Forest Fires Before She Was For Them
June 3, 2020, 19:09 EDT
Joe Kennedy III Hosts Panel Discussion of Abortion Providers, Calls for ‘Reproductive Justice’
May 23, 2020, 12:57 EDT
City, State Agree To Leave Pastor Alone This Sunday – What Will Governor Do Monday?
May 15, 2020, 22:22 EDT
Pastors Who Want Churches Opened Feeling Sandbagged By Massachusetts Governor
May 15, 2020, 6:17 EDT
Some Getting Antsy About Massachusetts Governor’s Slow Rollout of Coronavirus Re-Opening
May 13, 2020, 12:36 EDT
No More Basketball? Massachusetts Governor Describes New World Order in Age of Coronavirus
May 12, 2020, 11:40 EDT
Church Leaders To Meet With Reopening Advisory Board, Massachusetts Governor Says
May 8, 2020, 18:56 EDT
Worcester Pastor’s Lawyers Call On Massachusetts Governor To Open Churches This Weekend
May 8, 2020, 18:41 EDT
Worcester Church To Hold Public Service Again Sunday, Against Governor’s Order
May 2, 2020, 11:32 EDT
Worcester Pastor Holds Less-Than-10-People Church Service, Hints At Statement To Come
April 29, 2020, 23:20 EDT
Governor Baker Defends Order Closing Churches, Says Worcester Officials Doing Right Thing
April 28, 2020, 17:23 EDT
Harvard Law School Professor Calls for a ‘Presumptive Ban’ on Homeschooling
April 21, 2020, 19:15 EDT
Church Cancels Easter Drive-In Service After Local Health Official Says Don’t Do It
April 13, 2020, 12:48 EDT
Catholic College Hiring Basketball Coach Rick Pitino – Who Admitted Enabling An Abortion
March 15, 2020, 21:52 EDT
Massachusetts Governor Bans Gatherings of 25 or More People, Orders Schools Closed, Restricts Bars and Restaurants To Takeout
March 15, 2020, 21:34 EDT
Harrison Ford Was Against Celebrities Talking Politics Before He Was For It
February 18, 2020, 21:49 EST
Ailing Rush Limbaugh Given Presidential Medal of Freedom During State of the Union
February 4, 2020, 22:33 EST
What Charlie Baker Might Have Said About Ayanna Pressley’s Talk Besides ‘Rant’
January 22, 2020, 0:25 EST
Vermont, Connecticut Governors Not So High on Charlie Baker’s Regional Carbon-Emissions Fee on Gasoline
January 11, 2020, 10:08 EST
Does New York Dial-Back Suggest Ill Tidings for Massachusetts Attorney General’s Climate Change Case Against ExxonMobil?
November 12, 2019, 22:44 EST
Steve Lynch Not Woke Enough To Run U.S. House Impeachment Committee, Left-Wing Challenger Says
October 31, 2019, 22:42 EDT
Calling ICE for Comment Draws Boycott Campaign for Harvard Student Newspaper
October 24, 2019, 19:06 EDT
Mayoral Candidate Says He Won’t Raise Property Taxes As Much As State Law Allows
October 20, 2019, 23:50 EDT
Public Transportation and Bike Lanes Over Roads, Say Ayanna Pressley, New D.C. Caucus
October 17, 2019, 21:31 EDT
Pemberton Leaves U.S. Senate Race, Takes Shots at Kennedy, Markey, and Democratic Party
October 14, 2019, 22:05 EDT
Governor Shouldn’t Plunge Into Gas-Tax-Like Climate Change Initiative, Taxpayer Advocate Says
October 12, 2019, 9:07 EDT
Anti-Abortion-Funding Constitutional Amendment Ballot Question Gets Go-Ahead From Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
September 5, 2019, 6:39 EDT
Sex Offender Registry Defendant Can Pursue DNA Test To Try To Clear Himself, Massachusetts High Court Rules
August 22, 2019, 16:23 EDT
Markey Endorses ROE Act Bill, Accepts Early Endorsement from Pro-Abortion Group
August 15, 2019, 22:28 EDT
Indicted Massachusetts Judge To Get Back Pay and Continuing Pay While Federal Obstruction-of-Justice Case Proceeds
August 14, 2019, 11:10 EDT
Immigrant Gets Second Bite at Plea Deal Apple Because Judge Didn’t Read Him Enough Deportation Warnings
August 9, 2019, 7:07 EDT
Conservative Watchdog Calls For Investigation of Massachusetts House Speaker Over State Credit Card
August 6, 2019, 8:48 EDT
Zero Vetoes: Fiscal Conservatives Hit Charlie Baker for Rubber-Stamping Massachusetts Legislature’s Budget
July 31, 2019, 23:12 EDT
Connecticut Driver’s License Helps Mexican Illegal Immigrant Smuggle In Seven Other Illegals, Feds Say
July 27, 2019, 21:47 EDT
Massachusetts Democrats Keep Calling for Impeaching Trump; Massachusetts GOP Chairman Says Mueller’s Testimony A ‘Disaster’ for Democrats
July 25, 2019, 8:00 EDT
Massachusetts State Senator Shuts Down Pro-Lifer’s Recording of Committee Hearing on Anti-Planned Parenthood Bill
July 18, 2019, 13:07 EDT
Massachusetts Legislators Eye Creating Commission That Could Ditch State Flag
July 2, 2019, 23:43 EDT
Majority of Massachusetts Voters Oppose Expanding Late-Term Abortions, New Poll Finds
June 5, 2019, 13:17 EDT
Brown University Is On Occupied Territory and Is Part of the Problem, About-To-Be-Tattooed New Graduate Tells Fellow Graduates
May 26, 2019, 20:46 EDT
Taxpayer Advocate Chip Faulkner Dies — Stalwart of Citizens for Limited Taxation
May 24, 2019, 14:52 EDT
Why A Pro-Abortion Rhode Island State Senator Killed An All-Nine-Months Abortion Bill
May 15, 2019, 20:06 EDT
Restore Massachusetts Sales Tax To 5 Percent, Citizens for Limited Taxation Says
May 6, 2019, 17:01 EDT
Judge Indicted for Helping Illegal Immigrant Elude ICE Agent at Newton District Court
April 25, 2019, 17:14 EDT
Letting Unsecured Gun Get Stolen Is Enough To Lose License To Carry, Massachusetts Court Rules – Even After 50 Years of Incident-Free Gun Ownership
April 19, 2019, 17:25 EDT
Former Boston Globe Writer Says He Had No Intention of P—— in Bill Kristol’s Salmon
April 17, 2019, 20:15 EDT
Restaurant Pay Court Case May Lead To Wide-Ranging Bay-Pay Problems for Massachusetts Companies
April 12, 2019, 21:35 EDT
Boston Globe Was For Column Calling for Urinating in Bill Kristol’s Food Before It Was Somewhat Against It Before It Was Against It Some More Before It Was Totally Against It
April 12, 2019, 18:50 EDT
Family Intervention A Goal of State Commission on Homosexual and Transgender Youth
April 8, 2019, 11:59 EDT
School Police Officers Would Get Sweeter Pension Terms Under Boston City Council Proposal
April 4, 2019, 18:02 EDT
State Offers Cash To Deal With Shark Attacks on Cape Cod – But Only After They Occur
April 3, 2019, 17:50 EDT
Charlie Baker Sounds Skeptical About ROE Act Abortion Bill; House Speaker Doesn’t Greenlight It, Either
April 2, 2019, 7:57 EDT
Massachusetts Republican Assembly Issues Challenge on Anti-Abortion Movie ‘Unplanned’
March 29, 2019, 18:51 EDT
Markey Votes ‘Present’ On His Own Green New Deal Resolution; Says United States Must Lead To Get China and India To Follow
March 27, 2019, 6:29 EDT
Massachusetts To Fund Planned Parenthood Even If Federal Government Doesn’t
March 25, 2019, 22:47 EDT
Governor Baker Holding the Fort Against Clean-Needle Drug Injection Sites in Massachusetts
March 23, 2019, 19:19 EDT
Several Hundred Pro-Family Massachusetts Residents Turn Out To Lobby Legislators on Beacon Hill
March 20, 2019, 14:07 EDT
Markey Hits Trump Rule Aimed At Planned Parenthood; Catholic Group Calls Markey ‘Professional Panderer’
March 19, 2019, 20:16 EDT
Massachusetts House Passes Conversion Therapy Ban; Senate Sponsor Waffling on Child-Abuse Provision
March 13, 2019, 17:51 EDT
Ayanna Pressley Serious About Lowering Voting Age To 16, But U.S. House Isn’t, For Now
March 8, 2019, 2:48 EST
Freedom, Safety, Suicide, and Life: Conversion Therapy Ban Draws Intense Testimony on Beacon Hill
March 6, 2019, 19:16 EST
Framingham To Study Sanctuary City Status;
Opponent Says Appoint ‘Angel Moms’ To Panel
February 20, 2019, 23:11 EST
Cape Town Doesn’t Have To Pay Waterfront Property Owner for Denying House, Court Says
February 19, 2019, 18:38 EST
Massachusetts High Court Upholds Text-Suicide Conviction, But Doesn’t Rule on Assisted Suicide
February 6, 2019, 13:31 EST
Abortions Easier To Get After 24 Weeks and For Minors If New Massachusetts Bill Passes
February 4, 2019, 21:56 EST
Charlie Baker Is Now ‘Their Excellency, The Governor,’ Massachusetts House Says
February 1, 2019, 8:46 EST
Maine’s First Recreational Marijuana Store Getting Closer … But Could Old Graves Get in the Way?
January 11, 2019, 15:47 EST
Mashpee Wampanoag Casino Still A Pipe Dream, But New Bill in Congress Could Rescue Tribe
January 8, 2019, 21:32 EST
Columbus Day Survives Attack in Framingham – But He’ll Have To Share Space on School Calendar
January 3, 2019, 18:27 EST
Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson
Taking Trump’s Side in Government
Shutdown Over Wall
December 22, 2018, 15:14 EST
Tiny Tax Cut Next Year Inching Toward Finish Line; Gratitude Hard To Find
December 17, 2018, 17:59 EST
Lion’s Share of Teachers’ Union Dues Don’t Stay With Local Unions,
Pioneer Study Says
November 14, 2018, 21:28 EST
Feds: Dominican National Used Fraudulent U.S. Passport To Get Federal Benefits
November 9, 2018, 22:07 EST
Pro-Yes-on-3 Ad Agency Alters Ad After Objections From Opponents of Gender-Identity Law
November 3, 2018, 8:10 EDT
What Happened at Woburn Target?
Murky Bathroom Encounter Roils Question 3 Campaign
October 30, 2018, 21:39 EDT
UMass Officials: Our Bathrooms and Locker Rooms Will Stay Transgender Regardless of Question 3 Outcome
October 29, 2018, 20:54 EDT
To Wax or Not To Wax:
Question 3 Radio Debate on
Gender Identity Puts Transgender Beauty Spa Case Front and Center
October 25, 2018, 19:22 EDT
Possible $50,000 Penalty For Gender-Identity Law Violations, Question 3 Opponent Says
October 4, 2018, 18:45 EDT
Possible $50,000 Penalty For Repeatedly Violating Massachusetts Gender Identity Law, No-on-Question-3 Advocate Says
October 4, 2018, 15:56 EDT
Pro-Abortion Left-Wingers Rally Against Kavanaugh at Boston City Hall Plaza
October 1, 2018, 15:31 EDT
Transgender Customer Demanded ‘Full Brazilian’ From Beauty Salon Under Massachusetts Gender Identity Law
September 27, 2018, 15:02 EDT
Kavanaugh Flatly Denies Accusations, Gets Personal in Emotional Television Interview
September 25, 2018, 7:51 EDT
‘Bathroom Bill’ Opponents Release Ad Highlighting Fears About Sex Offenders
September 21, 2018, 11:32 EDT
Lori Trahan Wins Dem Nod in Third Congressional District, Takes Shot At Rick Green
September 17, 2018, 22:10 EDT
Rick Green Makes Splash With First General Election Ad in Run for Congress
September 12, 2018, 9:53 EDT
Pro-Bathroom Bill Ballot Question Committee Has 35 Times More Money Than Opponents in Massachusetts
September 10, 2018, 21:08 EDT
Corporate Campaign Contributions Still Illegal in Massachusetts … For Now
September 6, 2018, 16:18 EDT
What To Make of Tomorrow’s Massachusetts GOP Primary Results … Before They Happen
September 3, 2018, 13:03 EDT
Bombshell Letter Attacking Pope Francis Over McCarrick Also Questions Cardinal O’Malley
August 27, 2018, 12:05 EDT
GOP Having Field Day With Elizabeth Warren’s Comments on Immigration, Mollie Tibbetts Murder
August 22, 2018, 17:47 EDT
No More Sam: Somerville Mayor To Abstain From Boston Beer Over Pro-Trump-Tax-Cut Comments
August 14, 2018, 7:38 EDT
GOP Candidates Take Tongs To Elizabeth Warren – And Save A Little for Each Other
August 8, 2018, 15:40 EDT
Three Lies and a Truth: Long ‘New York’ Article on Elizabeth Warren Cut Down To Size
July 24, 2018, 20:17 EDT
High Court Ruling on Abortion Counseling Breathes New Life Into Challenging Bans on ‘Conversion Therapy’
June 27, 2018, 15:14 EDT
Shutting The Back Door: How One Mother Sees Proposed Ban in Massachusetts on ‘Conversion Therapy’ for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
May 29, 2018, 23:28 EDT
Marriage-Supporting Graduate Barred From Providence College Campus After Giving Administrator What-For
May 23, 2018, 18:02 EDT
High School Pulls Plug on Veterans Event Speaker Because of Conservative Views
April 26, 2018, 15:36 EDT
Entrepreneur Rick Green Says He’ll Empower Voters The Way He Has His Customers
February 25, 2018, 21:45 EST
Political Science Hacks Create Totally Fair and Unbiased Ranking of U.S. Presidents
February 21, 2018, 12:36 EST
Galvin: Trump Administration ‘Sabotaging’ Massachusetts Through Are-You-A-Citizen Query in Census
February 6, 2018, 18:59 EST
Lifeline To Oppressed Easthampton Ninth-Graders: How To Fight The Power and Stay Cool
December 18, 2017, 20:41 EST
Christian Culture in New England? New College Center Seeking To Spread The Word
December 5, 2017, 18:04 EST
Church of England Leader Can’t Understand Why Christians in America Support Donald Trump? Here’s Why, Your Grace
November 27, 2017, 15:52 EST
Don’t Worry, New Hampshire Women, Bill Clinton’s Got Your Back on This One
November 19, 2017, 7:54 EST
Steve Bannon Says He’ll Put ‘Good Money’ Toward Proving New Hampshire Was Stolen From Trump
November 10, 2017, 8:56 EST
Are You An Uzbekistan Terrorist? Here’s An Online Application To Come To The United States, In Your Native Language
November 1, 2017, 18:23 EDT
Massachusetts Senate Gutting Statutory Rape? Key Legislator Says No, But Family Advocate Wary of Bill
November 1, 2017, 7:40 EDT
Another Massachusetts Bishop Shifts Policy on Signature Gathering for Abortion-Funding Petition
October 30, 2017, 18:42 EDT
Cardinal O’Malley Shifts Course on Signature Gathering for Anti-Abortion-Funding Petition at Churches
October 28, 2017, 12:13 EDT
White Supremacist Horse Shows What Confederate Statues Mess Is Really All About
September 1, 2017, 14:33 EDT
Human Chain Beach Heroes Helped Save A Family; Maybe They Can Help Save A Nation
July 11, 2017, 15:56 EDT
Can Seniors Joining Service Wear Military Insignia To High School Graduation? School Officials Say No
June 14, 2017, 8:13 EDT
Five Free Family-Friendly Places To Visit in Massachusetts During April Vacation (and Beyond)
April 20, 2017, 6:32 EDT
The Struggles at Two Boston High Schools: Will Axing Teachers Fix the Problems?
February 16, 2017, 7:54 EST
Vice President Mike Pence To Speak At March for Life in Washington
January 26, 2017, 23:16 EST
Church/State Flap Nixes School Chorus Easter Appearance at Italian Basilica
January 18, 2017, 14:55 EST
Biotech Firm Can Now Buy State Land in Worcester
January 6, 2017, 15:11 EST
Not so fast: Massachusetts AG office says churches not always exempt from ‘bathroom bill’
December 19, 2016, 18:07 EST
