Tag: Massachusetts

Nearly 4,000 Fully Vaccinated People in Massachusetts Test Positive For COVID-19

Nearly 4,000 people in Massachusetts who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have contracted the virus, adding to the growing number of breakthrough cases nationwide. According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, as of June 12, there were 3,791 people who tested positive for COVID-19 among the 3.7 million fully vaccinated people in the…


Massachusetts School District Encourages Students to Report Peers, Teachers for ‘Bias Incidents’

A public school district in Massachusetts is encouraging its students and staff to report on one another for “incidents of bias,” according to newly uncovered documents. The documents include Wellesley Public Schools’ (WPS) guidelines (pdf) on how to handle complaints of bias among students and staff, and slides from a mandatory “equity protocols” training course….


Massachusetts Officer Dies Trying to Save Drowning Boy

A police officer from a Massachusetts city died Friday while trying to save a drowning teen, who also died. “The City of Worcester has lost a hero,” Worcester police chief Steven Sargent said during a news conference, referring to the tragic drowning of Officer Enmanuel “Manny” Familia. According to the Worcester Police Department (WPD), officers responded…


Biden Administration Says SCOTUS Should Not Hear New Hampshire’s Objection to Nonresident Taxes

New Hampshire has no right to challenge Massachusetts’ allegedly unconstitutional pandemic-era policy of taxing out-of-state residents who work in their home state for employers located in Massachusetts, the Biden administration told the Supreme Court. Billions of dollars in income taxes paid by people who worked from home during the pandemic are at stake in this…


Massachusetts’ New Chinese-Made Subway Cars Malfunction for the Fourth Time

A recent investigation into Massachusetts’ New Red and Orange Line cars made by a Chinese rail company found “something acting abnormally” within their truck frames. It was the fourth time since August 2019 that a malfunction was identified in the new cars. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s new Red and Orange Line cars are assembled in…


Former Massachusetts Mayor Convicted of Fraud, Extortion

BOSTON—A former Massachusetts mayor first elected at the age of 23 was convicted on Friday of defrauding investors in a smartphone app company and extorting money from local marijuana businesses. Jurors found former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia guilty on most counts he faced including wire fraud, filing false tax returns, and extortion, in what…


California Cities Rankings drop due to Housing Costs

Commentary  Three California regions were among 10 throughout the nation that fell most significantly in a recent ranking of 200 large metropolitan areas. The areas around Salinas, Santa Cruz and Oakland were among the regions that plunged furthest in The Milken Institute’s annual report. The “wooden spoon” went to Salinas in the central agricultural valley,…


Massachusetts Governor’s Pandemic Restrictions Challenged in Supreme Court

A good-government group is taking to the Supreme Court its challenge of the constitutionality of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s 14-month-old pandemic-related state of emergency and its continuing restrictions on civic life and businesses. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed a petition for certiorari, or review, with the Supreme Court asking the justices to review the Massachusetts…


Hundreds Pay Respects at Funeral of Slain US Capitol Officer

ADAMS, Mass.—The flag-draped casket of U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans was carried into a Massachusetts church on Thursday by his fellow Capitol officers as dozens of state police troopers stood in the street in a steady downpour and saluted. Evans was killed this month when a driver struck him and another officer at a…


German Shepherd Alerts Owner to Save Biker From Frozen Pond: ‘He’s the Hero’

The quick actions of a German shepherd and his owner saved a Massachusetts man from drowning in a nearby frozen pond. Thomas Walsh was out walking his pet dog, Diesel, near Quarter Mile Pond on the Stoneham and Medford town line when a man called for help after falling through the ice. Diesel heard the distressed…