Black Lives Matter activists at Dartmouth College are circulating a lengthy letter justifying their decision to tear down a display honoring police officers. Ironically, the letter argues that activists would be "silenced" if they did not actively suppress the speech of others.
BOSTON – It wasn't a question of "if" but rather "how" lawmakers on Beacon Hill would advance the "millionaire's tax" proposal, a measure that calls for altering the state Constitution's flat tax to smack a surcharge on the commonwealth's highest earners.
Needing just a combined 50 votes from the Senate and House of Representatives to move forward, the proposed ballot question breezed through the Legislature's Constitutional Convention Wednesday, passing by 135 yeas to 57 nays. The Senate voted for the measure 33-7 while it won 102-50 among House members.
