BOSTON - Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell recently joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse … [Read more...]
Supreme Court to Consider Case Involving Fishing Boat Monitor Pay
May 3, 2023
PORTLAND, ME (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the subject of who pays for workers who gather valuable data aboard commercial fishing … [Read more...]
High Court Ruling Impacts Massachusetts Gun Licensing Rules
July 5, 2022
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts police chiefs should no longer deny or impose restrictions on licenses to carry a gun just because the applicant doesn’t … [Read more...]
Biden Backs Filibuster Exception to Protect Abortion Access
July 1, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - President Joe Biden says he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion after the U.S. … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Limits EPA in Curbing Power Plant Emissions
June 30, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court has limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
June 24, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. The … [Read more...]
Report: Draft Opinion Suggests High Court Could Overturn Roe
May 3, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) - A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized … [Read more...]
Senate Poised to Confirm Jackson to Supreme Court
April 7, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is expected to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, securing her place as the first Black … [Read more...]
Jackson On Track for Confirmation, But GOP Votes in Doubt
March 25, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than 30 hours of hearings, the Senate is on track to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the … [Read more...]
High Court Reimposes Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence
March 4, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The justices, by a 6-3 vote … [Read more...]
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Sandwich voters to consider changing housing by-laws at Special Town Meeting
Outer Cape Health Services urges residents to get vaccinated ahead of the holidays
Sandwich woman completes Antarctic ultramarathon
Listening sessions scheduled in five Cape Cod towns to get input on opioid settlement money
Provincetown receives $350k for police, housing
Local United Way issues emergency SNAP relief funding
New rules intended to make moped riding safer on Martha’s Vineyard
Woodwell Climate Research Center receives $10M donation from MacKenzie Scott
Barnstable prepares to host several Veterans’ Day events
Work begins to expand Centerville’s Mother’s Park and area sewage infrastructure
Latest on federal food aid freeze: MA attorney general says she’s “disappointed” in SCOTUS decision, with Senate deal coming
Former chairman of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe sentenced to prison- Clerk magistrate for Nantucket nominated; Vineyard woman named district court judge
