Top Stories
While lawmakers will return to the State House next week to take up the governor’s vetoes, the 131st Legislature has already left its imprint on some of the issues and challenges confronting the state.
More Local News
-
The Massachusetts Army National Guard submitted a new plan to the Environmental Protection Agency after officials from the federal agency found the range’s initial design could contaminate the aquifer that runs beneath the base. That aquifer provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of Cape residents and visitors.
-
According to court documents, Michael Fournier admitted to entering the Capitol building for several hours on January 6 and shouting at a line of police officers.
-
Latest government statistics continue to show a tight labor market with few people needing unemployment benefits.
-
Among the six vetoes that legislators will consider are bills that would ban rapid-fire gun modification devices and to increase income taxes on the wealthiest Mainers.
-
In a historic shift, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous substance. It's currently ranked as a schedule one drug, in the same category as heroin and LSD. Reclassifying it won't make marijuana legal.
The Latest From NPR
-
House Speaker Mike Johnson met with a group of Jewish students at Columbia University who say they've experienced antisemitic speech and harassment from protesters on and off campus.
-
Former combat surgeons warn it won't be easy to restore medical readiness to where it was during the last war, much less where is needs to be for the next one.
-
Voters in Northampton County, Pa., say they remember having more money when Donald Trump was in office. But when it comes time to cast their ballots this year, other issues are at play too.
-
Attorney Keith Davidson, a key witness who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, is back on the stand to continue testifying against Trump in New York.
-
In a new report, Democrats are increasingly motivated by the issue of abortion - and increasingly supportive, as are independent voters. Republicans views have mostly remained the same.
Thursday—Longtime NPR journalist Peter Breslow discusses his career and stories from his new memoir
Politics
Health