While the Bay State can boast the lowest incarceration rate among the 50 states, it spends more than twice per prisoner as Vermont, the second highest spending jurisdiction, according to a recent study.
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Inspector General finds ‘egregious’ problem at Cannabis Control Commission
The state’s inspector general has found that the Cannabis Control Commission experienced an “egregious operational breakdown” when they failed to collect over half-a-million dollars in licensing fees over a two year span.
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.
ICE arrests 370 ‘alien offenders’ in Massachusetts gang sweep that Tom Homan says makes Boston ‘safer’
ICE Boston and federal law enforcement partners report that they took close to 400 “alien offenders” off the streets last week in a sweep border czar Tom Homan said pushes back at sanctuary cities.
Massachusetts housing trends: Homes, condos taken off market at faster rate than in 2024
Though the median single-family home price continues to jump in Massachusetts, housing units are being taken off the market at a faster rate than a year ago.
SJC rules Massachusetts’ nonresident gun laws are legal after post-Bruen changes
Massachusetts’ highest court has issued a pair of decisions regarding the rights of nonresidents to carry firearms through the Bay State.