Category: Massachusetts

Facts Matter (March 22): 4,081 Deaths Removed From COVID State Registry Due to ‘Significant Overcount’ by Officials

In the previous episode, we discussed how the CDC very quietly removed about 72,000 deaths from their official COVID-19 death tracking website—supposedly due to a programming error. However, it’s worth noting that this type of COVID death number reduction is not limited to only the CDC. Case in point, Massachusetts’s Public Health Department recently announced that they…


Black Lives Matter Activist, Husband Charged With Fraud

An activist and her husband have been charged with fraud and conspiracy by federal officials after allegedly taking money meant for a nonprofit they founded and using it to pay for hotel rooms, car rentals, and dining out. Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, and her husband Clark Grant, 38, were charged in an 18-count indictment this week…


Massachusetts Judge Could Face Prosecution for Allegedly Blocking ICE Arrest

A Massachusetts judge may face prosecution after a federal appeals court on Monday declined to dismiss a case that accuses her of blocking the arrest of an illegal immigrant. In a criminal case filed during the Trump administration, Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph is accused of impeding a federal immigration arrest of a defendant…


Massachusetts Judge Might Face Prosecution for Allegedly Blocking ICE Arrest

A Massachusetts judge might face prosecution after a federal appeals court on Feb. 28 declined to dismiss a case in which she’s accused of blocking the arrest of an illegal immigrant. In a criminal case filed during the Trump administration, Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph is accused of impeding a federal immigration arrest of…


Massachusetts Judge to Face Prosecution for Allegedly Blocking ICE Arrest

A Massachusetts judge may face prosecution after a federal appeals court on Monday declined to dismiss a case that accuses her of blocking the arrest of an illegal immigrant. In a criminal case filed during the Trump administration, Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph is accused of impeding a federal immigration arrest of a defendant…


Truck Carrying Mail Plunges Into Massachusetts River

State police said a tractor-trailer veered off the road and plunged into a river in Massachusetts on Saturday. The truck went down a long embankment near an exit from Interstate 95 to the Massachusetts Turnpike at around noon and ended up in the Charles River. The driver, who police said can’t swim, was standing atop…


Judge Temporarily Blocks Boston’s Vaccine Mandate for Certain First Responders

A judge on Tuesday blocked Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for certain first responders. Massachusetts Appeals Court Judge Sabita Singh ruled that the vaccine requirement for members of three municipal labor unions, Boston Firefighters Local 718, Boston Police Superior Officers Federation, and the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society, cannot be enforced until their ongoing…


Massachusetts to Drop School Mask Mandate at the End of the Month

Massachusetts will soon no longer require public school students, teachers, and staff to wear masks while indoors, joining a growing list of states that have phased out their classroom mask mandates. The current statewide mask mandate for public schools will not be extended once it expires on Feb. 28, Massachusetts Education Commissioner Jeff Riley said…


Patient Who Was Denied Organ Transplant Over Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine Underwent Surgery

A Massachusetts father of two who was removed from a heart transplant waiting list because he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine has undergone open-heart surgery, his family said last week. David Ferguson, the father of the 31-year-old patient D.J. Ferguson, told Fox News the surgery was a last resort option as doctors tried to find…


Massachusetts Bill Would Give Pro-Life Taxpayers an Opt-Out for Abortion Funding

Republican state Rep. Joseph McKenna would like to make Massachusetts the first state in the U.S. to give pro-life taxpayers the option to ask that any taxes they pay not go to the funding of abortion services. Under the Massachusetts House titled “Taxpayer Conscience Rights,” the state’s taxpayers would be able to indicate on their…