The Salem News (Salem, MA)

2 days ago | salemnews.com | Bill Burt

It took just short of 12 minutes to truly understand what the Boston Celtics were getting when Kristaps Porzingis was acquired four months earlier. It was the Celtics season opener on Oct. 25, 2023 against Knicks in what turned out to be a box-to-wire championship run. He had two quick-driving dunks. Three 3-pointers. Two free throws. Two rebounds and a block. All in the first quarter of his first game. It was different. It was exciting.

2 days ago | salemnews.com | Christian Wade

BOSTON — The Trump administration can’t withhold billions of dollars in transportation grant funding from Democrat-led states refusing to cooperate with immigration crackdowns, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge John J.

2 days ago | salemnews.com | Christian Wade

BOSTON — Flush with record proceeds from the “millionaires tax”, state lawmakers have approved a more than $1.3 billion supplemental budget that earmarks more money from the levy for transportation and education programs. A bipartisan proposal sent to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk Wednesday by the Democratic-controlled Legislature calls for tapping $1.39 billion from the millionaires tax to support public transit, Pre-K programs, early literacy, special education and career technical programs.

3 days ago | salemnews.com | Christian Wade

BOSTON — The state Senate is poised to vote on a proposal to update a 2022 state law that shields reproductive and transgender care from out-of-state legal action. The proposal, teed up for a vote Thursday, would restrict state agencies from cooperating with federal or out-of-state investigations or inquiries into “legally protected health care activity” and limiting out-of-state entities’ access to patient electronic medical records and other identifying health data.

5 days ago | salemnews.com | Christian Wade

Massachusetts members of the all-Democrat congressional delegation are blasting President Donald Trump's "unilateral" attack on Iran over the weekend, questioning the legality of the strike and raising concerns about a broader war. The U.S. military launched a series of coordinated bombing attacks Saturday against three Iranian nuclear facilities in a major escalation of the ongoing Middle East conflict. Trump said the strikes were intended to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.