In light of new policies under the Trump administration allowing ICE agents to make arrests within schools, the Massachusetts AG released guidance for the state’s schools to protect all students’ right to a free public education.
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Federal judge halts Trump’s federal funding freeze as panic persists in Massachusetts
Attorney General Andrea Campbell and prosecutors from other states planned to sue President Donald Trump after his administration issued a directive to pause the distribution of federal funding.
Mayor Wu: Boston on ‘solid legal ground’ as sanctuary city in face of call from Congress
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says her administration feels “very strongly that we’re on solid legal ground” in being a sanctuary city and is still reviewing a letter it received from Congress on getting called to testify on such policies.
Earthquake rattles houses in Maine and is felt all over New England
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away.
Healey’s inspection of hotels serving as shelters finds no criminal activity, her office says
An inspection of hotels and motels serving as state-run shelters for migrants and locals that Gov. Maura Healey ordered this month did not turn up any major issues or criminal activity, her office said in a statement to the Herald Friday.
‘Medicare for All’ bill refiled in both chambers of state Legislature
State Sen. Jamie Eldridge and state Reps. Margaret Scarsdale and Lindsay Sabadosa refiled a bill this past week to establish a single-payer health care system in Massachusetts.
