How are Massachusetts schools failing Jewish students through bias?

As Massachusetts students remain stubbornly behind their pre-pandemic levels in math and reading scores according to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Massachusetts Teachers Association’s recent focus of attention is instructive. …

The Massachusetts Backlash Against Forced Housing

The Town of Needham is a picture-perfect Boston suburb on the Charles River, replete with a classic downtown main street with a coffee shop, a commuter rail line to the city and old New England knitting mill buildings. But, since last fall’s Town Meeting — …

Massachusetts cannabis prices just keep falling. Is an end in sight?

The raw numbers would be startling to a business in any industry. In four years, the retail price of cannabis in Massachusetts has plummeted by more than two-thirds. An eighth of an ounce of pot, a typical purchase for the casual smoker, sold for about $50 …

Make-a-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island holds 12th annual ‘Swish Night’

2 teens killed in shooting outside Massachusetts mall

Two teenagers were killed in a shooting outside a mall in Massachusetts, authorities said. An 18-year-old female and a 15-year-old boy were fatally shot around 7 p.m. Saturday at Westgate Mall in Brockton, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz wrote …

Former Massachusetts First Lady Kitty Dukakis dies

BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) — Former Massachusetts First Lady Kitty Dukakis died overnight, WCVB reports. Dukakis’ death was confirmed overnight by her son John. She was 88-years-old. Gov. Maura Healey released a statement on the former First Lady, which said she …

Massachusetts city council member named as client in high-end brothel ring

A city council member in Boston’s suburbs is one of several men who prosecutors identified as clients in an upscale brothel network frequented by politicians, military officers and business executives in Massachusetts and Virginia. Cambridge City Council …

2 Massachusetts teenagers killed during fight near mall

2 teens fatally shot outside Massachusetts mall amid reports of fight

BROCKTON, Mass. – Two teenagers were fatally shot outside a mall in Massachusetts amid reports of a fight, a district attorney said Sunday. Police in Brockton responded to the Westgate Mall parking lot at about 7 p.m. Saturday. There were reports of …

2 teens are fatally shot outside of a Massachusetts mall following reports of a fight

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Two teenagers were fatally shot outside of a mall in Massachusetts following reports of a fight, a district attorney said Sunday. Police in Brockton responded to the Westgate Mall parking lot at about 7 p.m. Saturday. There were …