Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis said he is not ruling out a run for governor in 2026 after an organization circulated a petition calling on the longtime law enforcement official and former state lawmaker to jump into the race.
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Amy Carnevale reelected as chair of Massachusetts Republican Party
Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Amy Carnevale won reelection Saturday to the top post in the state party, beating out a single challenger for a second term with a pledge to continue her work professionalizing the organization ahead of a state election in 2026.
Laken Riley Act: Massachusetts delegation overwhelmingly opposes immigration bill
U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch says he believes Congress has “lost control of the immigration process in this country,” casting Massachusetts’ only yes vote on a bill named after a Georgia nursing school student murdered by an illegal immigrant.
Healey open to residency requirements for state-run shelters housing migrants, locals
Gov. Maura Healey commissioned an independent review of security at state-run shelters and signaled an openness to residency requirements for the emergency assistance program after facing blowback for a lack of widespread criminal background checks in the system.
New Orleans Police hires former Boston, NYC, LA Police leader William Bratton as security consultant
Former Boston Police Commissioner William Bratton has been tapped to consult on policing and security in New Orleans following a terrorist attack that killed more than a dozen people in the French Quarter on the first day of the year.
Undocumented immigrant residing in Lowell held on $1M bail for alleged child rape
BOSTON — A Guatemalan national living in Lowell faces a $1 million bail after being charged in Suffolk Superior Court with rape of a girl, which allegedly began when she was 5 years old.
