Politics
A bill that would require temporary worker placement agencies to provide workers with a basic statement of benefits to protect against abuses sits before the Senate after the House passed the bill 123-28 on Wednesday.
Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry said the... Read more
Law enforcement officials who campaigned in 2008 against a ballot question to decriminalize possession of less than an ounce of marijuana have so far offered a more nuanced perspective on Question 3 on this year's ballot, which would legalize medical... Read more
Citing support from the Senate and Gov. Deval Patrick, more than a dozen House members rallied in front of the State House Wednesday, calling on the House to agree to a proposal that its leaders have derisively labeled an untenable tax on consumers.... Read more
Video by Mike Deehan, State House News Service.
Gov. Deval Patrick spoke with reporters on Tuesday, who asked what he plans to do with the sentencing/habitual offender bill on his desk: "I've said before, I think it's a good bill. It's not a great bill.... Read more
The Senate on Thursday voted 31-7 to approve a bill broadening crime-fighting tools, ensuring that certain repeat violent offenders serve their full sentences, and easing prison overcrowding by adjusting sentencing laws for drug offenders.
Shortly after... Read more
State Rep. Carlos Henriquez, fighting assault and criminal charges leveled by a 23-year-old student, plans to hold a community meeting on Aug. 7.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. at the Dorchester House, located at 1353 Dorchester Ave.,... Read more
The state Department of Public Health’s bureau of substance abuse services will be able to shoulder the cost of a voluntary training program for sober home operators, the bureau’s deputy director said Thursday.
In a legislatively-mandated report on sober... Read more
Dr. Carol JohnsonDr. Carol Johnson, the superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, has come under withering criticism in recent weeks since a Boston Globe investigation detailed her gross mishandling of a personnel matter involving the then-headmaster... Read more
After calls for her resignation last week, Boston Public Schools chief Superintendent Carol Johnson has been buoyed this week by support from city councillors, her employees and local activists.
Dr. Carol Johnson
City Councillor John Connolly, the... Read more
Embattled state Rep. Carlos Henriquez, charged last week with assaulting and kidnapping a 23-year-old student, faced new questions this week over his campaign finances after a conservative watchdog group filed its own detailed complaint against him with... Read more
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