Sep 06 Geoff Diehl wins Republican primary for Massachusetts governor By Associated Press Geoff Diehl, a former state representative endorsed by Trump, has won the Republican nomination for Massachusetts governor over businessman Chris Doughty, who was considered the more moderate candidate in the race. Continue reading
Sep 06 Attorney General Maura Healey wins Democratic primary for Massachusetts governor By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Attorney General Maura Healey has won the Democratic primary for Massachusetts governor, bringing her one step closer to becoming the first openly gay candidate and first woman elected to the state's top political office. Continue reading
Sep 06 2022 Massachusetts Primary Election Results By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Geoff Diehl, a former state representative endorsed by Trump, has won the Republican nomination for Massachusetts governor over businessman Chris Doughty, who was considered the more moderate candidate in the race. Continue reading
Jul 20 WATCH: Biden announces modest climate action at former coal plant in Massachusetts By Seung Min Kim, Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, “This is an emergency and I will look at it that way.”… Continue reading
Aug 20 LIVE MAP: Track Hurricane Henri as it moves toward New England By Philip Marcelo, Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press U.S. National Hurricane Center says impacts could be felt in New England states by Sunday, including on Cape Cod, which is teeming with tens of thousands of summer tourists. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 11:22 Minorities struggle for headway in the legal weed business By Kira Kay, Jason Maloney, Zachary Green In 2016, Massachusetts voters approved an initiative that required the state to create policies that would bring those disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs into the new legal cannabis industry. Today, minority-owned businesses make up only a small fraction… Continue watching
May 11 Federal government approves offshore wind project seen as key to clean energy By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press An offshore wind project off Massachusetts that would create 800 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 400,000 homes, was approved by the federal government. Continue reading
Nov 13 WATCH: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker gives coronavirus update By Alanna Durkin Richer, Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Once a coronavirus hot spot, Massachusetts was seen as a model for infection control this summer as coronavirus cases and deaths dwindled. Now, experts are warning the state could be headed for a bleak winter. Continue reading
Aug 12 WATCH: Why this university scaled back its reopening plan By Dan Sagalyn Once UMass Amherst “started looking at all the logistics of how this would work,” chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy said, they realized it was going to be too risky and difficult if all the students who were expected to come showed up. Continue reading
Jul 20 Amid COVID-19 pandemic, health officials brace for insect-borne illnesses By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press As the coronavirus pandemic subsides for now in the hard-hit Northeast, public health officials in the region are warning about another potentially bad summer for EEE virus and other insect-borne illnesses. Continue reading