Senate President Karen Spilka tapped an Arlington Democrat to start crafting a response to President Donald Trump’s actions that have impacted Massachusetts, a move that comes months into his second term and just as the feds cut millions in K-12 funding for the Bay State.
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Campbell joins suit against RFK Jr. over $11B health care grant ‘terminations’
The Bay State has joined a coalition of 23 states and D.C. in suing the Trump Administration — again — with the latest court action aimed toward blocking the sudden termination of $11 billion in Department of Health and Human Services grants.
Top Massachusetts Democrat says Beacon Hill pols will reject ‘anti-LGBTQ’ policies
Senate President Karen Spilka pledged that the Senate would reject any piece of “anti-LGBTQ” legislation that is filed in the Massachusetts Legislature in the face of what she described as attacks on the transgender community by the Trump administration.
ICE giving governor cold shoulder over Tufts student arrest, Healey says
Gov. Maura Healey says she has heard ‘really nothing’ from the administration over the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk or more than 300 others.
Gov. Maura Healey slams President Trump over attempt to cancel public health grants
Gov. Maura Healey lashed out at President Donald Trump Wednesday over his administration’s attempt to cancel more than $11 billion in COVID-19-related grants across the country, of which Massachusetts was expected to receive $100 million over the next year.
Border czar Tom Homan vows Boston return after feds arrest illegal ‘criminals’ and ‘collaterals’
Border czar Tom Homan has vowed to return to the Bay State as there is more “work to do” after last week’s “enhanced operation” that saw federal authorities sweep up nearly 400 “illegal aliens,” which he said included “many” collateral arrests.
