The battle over whether Pennsylvania will join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has intensified as the plan cleared a pivotal hurdle on Wednesday, gaining approval by the state Independent Regulatory Review Commission. “Climate change is one of the most critical issues we face, and I have made it a priority to address ways to…
Pennsylvania’s Participation in Greenhouse Gas Initiative Advances to Legislature
September 2, 2021
admin
climateCO2ConnecticutEnvironmentMaineMassachusettsNew JerseyPennsylvaniaPoliticsRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsRGGIRhode IslandScienceUSUS NewsVirginia
0 Comment
Boston Parents Protest Mask Mandate in Massachusetts Schools
Several hundred people rallied for medical freedom in Boston on Wednesday as the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) authorized a mask mandate in public schools through October 1. Protesters demonstrated near the Park Street subway station, and then marched to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health while shouting slogans like “my child,…
Pharmacist in Meningitis Outbreak Gets More Prison Time
BOSTON—A former Massachusetts pharmacist convicted for his role in a deadly 2012 multistate meningitis outbreak that killed more than 100 people and sickened hundreds of others will spend more time behind bars after a federal judge on Wednesday lengthened his original sentence by 2 1/2 years. Glenn Chin, former supervisory pharmacist for the New England…
First Republican Enters Massachusetts Governor’s Race
Former Massachusetts state Rep. Geoff Diehl (R) on July 4 announced his bid for Massachusetts governor, becoming the first major Republican candidate to enter the race. “Geoff Diehl is a former State Representative from Whitman whose hard work on behalf of Massachusetts taxpayers has saved residents across the state from having to pay billions of…
Massachusetts Police ID Suspects in Armed Highway Standoff
WAKEFIELD, Mass.—The Massachusetts State Police have identified eight of the 11 males who were arrested following an hourslong armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95. They were charged with a variety of offenses, including unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and the use of body armor in commission of a crime, police said…
11 People in Custody After Hourslong Armed Standoff on I-95
WAKEFIELD—An hours-long standoff with a group of heavily armed men that partially shut down Interstate 95 ended Saturday with 11 suspects in custody, Massachusetts state police said. Police initially reported nine suspects were taken into custody, but two more were taken into custody in their vehicle later Saturday morning. Two suspects were hospitalized, but police…
Supreme Court Refuses To Hear New Hampshire’s Challenge to Massachusetts Taxing its Residents
The Supreme Court declined this morning to hear New Hampshire’s challenge to Massachusetts’s pandemic-era policy of taxing out-of-state residents who used to work in Massachusetts but switched to telecommuting from their New Hampshire homes during the pandemic. Billions of dollars in income taxes paid by people who worked from home during the pandemic were at stake…
Massachusetts Police Pay Tribute to K-9 Killed In The Line Of Duty
The Braintree Police held a memorial service at the Massachusetts Gillette Stadium on Tuesday for Kitt, a K-9 police dog that took a lethal hit during a June 4 shootout. According to a press release from the Braintree Police Department, officers responded to a domestic abuse call at the Braintree Village apartment complex in Braintree,…
3 Largest Massachusetts Hospital Systems Requiring Employees Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Three Massachusetts hospital systems announced they will require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, potentially setting up a legal fight from workers who refuse to do so. Mass General Brigham, said in a news release on Thursday that “it will require its 80,000 employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 once the U.S. Food and…
Massachusetts Boy, 13, Rescues His 4 Year-Old-Sister During Apparent Murder Suicide
June 23, 2021
admin
amazing rescueCrime and IncidentsMassachusettsmurder-suicideRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsUSUS News
0 Comment
A 13-year-old boy from Massachusetts courageously took his 4-year-old sister to safety during an apparent murder-suicide in their house. The boy grabbed his sister and escaped the house through a window on Tuesday night while a man shot and killed his girlfriend and then fatally shot himself, police said in a press conference. “The 13-year-old…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta