Uncertainty lingers for many federally-funded climate, energy and environment projects in Massachusetts, as President Trump works to unwind some of the signature initiatives of the Biden era.
Massachusetts has quickly become a flashpoint for immigration enforcement, first with Fox hyping arrests in Boston. And now Republican Rep. James Comer, of Kentucky, has asked Mayor Michelle Wu to testify about the city’s policies on working with federal agents.
Drummers across the globe know the Zildjian name because it’s emblazoned on every shiny cymbal they make. What’s less known is that the family has been making their famous cymbals, with a secret process, for more than four centuries.
All Boston school-aged children in grades pre-K to 12 will receive free admission to nine of Boston’s cultural institutions starting January. The move marks an expansion of "BPS Sundays," a pilot program launched this past February that granted Boston Public School students free admission to six cultural institutions on the first two Sundays of the month.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that "show cause" hearings should be held in public for 28 alleged customers of a high-end sex ring, rejecting a request by some of the defendants to keep the initial proceedings secret. The SJC also rejected a media request to release documents in the case before the hearings.
This year's Boston Marathon generated more than half a billion dollars in economic activity and supported thousand of jobs, the Boston Athletic Association and Meet Boston announced. The bulk of the economic activity generated by the marathon came from visitors — mostly spectators — spending money on travel and accommodations as well as food, shopping, local attractions and marathon events.
Nearly 100 MIT students rallied on the Cambridge campus Thursday following a university decision to ban the distribution of a pro-Palestinian student-run magazine and discipline one of its editors.
As the reality of a second Trump administration sank in, climate and environmental leaders described feeling anxiety, but pledged to keep up their efforts to combat climate change and protect the environment.
The Edouards came to Boston last year after hearing there was help in Massachusetts for migrants. But just as they settled in, the political climate was shifting, as costs surged for shelter care and some officials stoked hostility toward new arrivals.
From "Moby-Dick" to "Romeo and Juliet," nearly 20,000 one-of-a-kind garments and accessories from the theater's past productions will be available for purchase starting Friday, Oct. 18.
Massachusetts is counting on offshore wind to create thousands of jobs, combat climate change and help keep the lights on in the coming decades. But some advocates worry that plans to develop more wind projects could be in jeopardy depending on the outcome of this year's presidential election.
The new measures may survive challenges in state court, legal specialists say, but lawsuits could open the door to rollbacks of assault weapons bans nationally before the U.S. Supreme Court.