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3 days ago | 
masslive.com | John Micek
Here’s a reminder to always read the fine print. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has joined with more than 20 of her colleagues nationwide to keep the Trump administration from using an obscure provision in federal law to choke off billions of dollars in funding for the states.
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3 days ago | 
masslive.com | John Micek
A veteran venture capitalist from Greater Boston has been tapped to become Gov. Maura Healey’s next economic development czar, her office announced Tuesday. Eric Paley, a co-founder and managing partner of Founder Collective, with offices in Cambridge and New York City, replaces former state Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao, who stepped down at the end of April. Paley will start in his new post in September, the Healey administration said.
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3 days ago | 
masslive.com | John Micek
Some of President Donald Trump’s high-profile supporters have been second-guessing his decision to rain down bombs on Iran last weekend. They’ve argued that Trump, who campaigned on keeping the nation out of foreign wars, shouldn’t have involved the United States in the regional fight between Israel and Iran. "Only 6 months in and we are back into foreign wars, regime change, and world war 3,” U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, D-Ga., posted to X.
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3 days ago | 
masslive.com | John Micek
Leadership may have its privileges, but for U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, they were only temporary. The South Boston Democrat was passed over for a key leadership post on the powerful House Oversight Committee on Monday in a contest that largely was viewed as a generational test for Democrats. Democrats chose U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., 47, to serve as the ranking Democrat on the majority-Republican committee, according to Politico.
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4 days ago | 
urldefense.com | John Micek
It’s been three years since the U.S. Supreme Court toppled Roe v. Wade in a ruling that , resulting in laws that restricted or banned access to the procedure for millions of people nationwide. And just in time for Tuesday’s anniversary of the high court’s ruling in a case formally known as Dobbs v.
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4 days ago | 
masslive.com | John Micek
Gov. Maura Healey on Monday said “there are no threats” to Massachusetts as the U.S. contemplates further reprisals from Iran in the wake of American missile strikes on the Middle Eastern nation over the weekend. " I can assure you that there are no threats to the Commonwealth, to the residents in the Commonwealth at this time," Healey said. Speaking to reporters at the State House, Healey said she and other governors had been briefed Sunday by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L.
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4 days ago | 
masslive.com | John Micek
It’s been three years since the U.S. Supreme Court toppled Roe v. Wade in a ruling that , resulting in laws that restricted or banned access to the procedure for millions of people nationwide. And just in time for Tuesday’s anniversary of the high court’s ruling in a case formally known as Dobbs v.
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4 days ago | 
masslive.com | John Micek
Good Monday morning, everyone. In April, Democrats who control the Massachusetts Senate announced what they described as an aggressive legislative effort to fight back against the Trump White House’s attacks on the Bay State. They dubbed the effort “Response 2025.” But three months later, that response was starting to look more like a regular glance in President Donald Trump’s direction, punctuated by the obligatory rhetorical broadsides.
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5 days ago | 
thesunchronicle.com | John Micek
Massachusetts lawmakers swiftly condemned President Donald Trump's decision to launch air strikes against Iranian nuclear sites, saying the Republican should have sought congressional authorization before taking action. "Trump offered the American people no strategy and no justification for his attack on Iran - only the prospect of another war that the American people do not want," U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-1st District, posted to X.
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5 days ago | 
masslive.com | John Micek
Massachusetts lawmakers swiftly condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to launch air strikes against Iran, saying the Republican should have sought congressional authorization before taking action. Trump offered the American people no strategy and no justification for his attack on Iran — only the prospect of another war that the American people do not want," U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-1st District, posted to X.
