Officials from Lynn, Massachusetts are pushing for cheaper and more convenient public transit in their city amidst growing traffic congestion and commuter costs. The proposal would add more trains to the...
In January, a constitutional amendment was introduced in the Massachusetts House of Representatives that would shorten terms for state judges, allowing their appointment to be reevaluated periodically....
The George Sherman Union is Boston University’s version of a student union, which typically provides a food court and study space for students. Meal swipes are not accepted at the GSU — instead dining...
Massachusetts prisons have been at the center of the debate around solitary confinement recently due to the large number of inmates the state places in isolation, often for months or years at a time.
An...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday the state would ban most flavored e-cigarettes, which are “highly attractive to young people,” Cuomo said. The ban comes a few days after U.S. President...
The New York City Council said on Thursday it would repeal its ban on conversion therapy, which previously prevented any and all attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through...
Boston University recently unveiled a new financial aid program, affordableBU, that will significantly expand the financial aid for students covered by the school. They just forgot one thing — all 18,515...
The City of Boston has had a summer ridden with corruption; top headlines often sported the image of Mayor Martin Walsh’s aides and other officials in court trials and in response, City Council President...
The mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, Jorge Elorza, has sparked discourse on children in the workplace by bringing his 1-year-old son, Omar, to work nearly every day — including during public appearances...
On Friday, The New Yorker reported that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MediaLab, a research institute focused on science and technology, made extensive efforts to conceal donations to their...
CNN made the controversial decision this week to not renew the contract of one of their conservative contributors, Eliana Johnson, a former White House reporter for Politico and the future head of the...
The Attorney General’s office approved a petition on Wednesday to introduce a new law implementing rank-choice voting in Massachusetts state elections.
Rank-choice gives voters the option to not only...
