Politics
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Campbell Will Give DiZoglio Green Light to Sue Legislature Over Audit Records
BY COLIN A. YOUNG Attorney General Andrea Campbell will tell Auditor Diana DiZoglio that she can go ahead and secure…
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Fall River City Clerk Blocks Coogan Recall Petition — But 2014 and 2018 Petitions Lacked Sworn Statement Too
UPDATE: We have received the full affidavits for the Will Flanagan and Jasiel Correia II recall efforts from the City…
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Fall River to Hire Next Police Chief Through Statewide Civil Service Process
The city will soon be following 49 other cities and towns that hire their communities top cop through a civil…
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Orders AG to Choose Sides in DiZoglio’s Audit Battle with Legislature
BY COLIN A. YOUNG A day after signaling they wanted to see an end to the bitter back-and-forth, justices of the Supreme…
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Massachusetts Senate Approves New Protections for Immigrants Amid Federal Enforcement
BY KATIE CASTELLANI & COLIN A. YOUNG Amid widespread fear across the country over federal immigration law enforcement activities, legislation aimed at…
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Massachusetts State Rep. charged in superseding indictment with additional counts of wire fraud, money laundering, filing false tax returns
BOSTON – According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of Justice, Massachusetts State Representative for the First Barnstable District has…
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Recall Effort Against Mayor Coogan Moves Forward Despite Legal Challenge
The group driving an effort to recall Mayor Paul Coogan indicated in a Facebook post that they intended to move…
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Group looking to recall Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan hits another bump in the road as leader steps down
A group looking to recall Fall River’s mayor has had another setback in their effort to remove him from office.…
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Massachusetts Lawmakers complete bid to kill legislative stipends reform
BY SAM DRYSDALE The initiative petition to reform how legislative leaders hand out assignment-related stipends to some lawmakers to cannot…
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Senate Democrats Propose 4% Boost in Unrestricted Local Aid with New Per-Capita Formula
BY ELLA ADAMS Senate Democrats on Monday announced their fiscal 2027 budget bill would bump unrestricted government aid for cities…
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