Politics
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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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Recall Committee Stumbles on Technicality in Bid to Oust Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan
Organizers of the effort to recall Mayor Paul Coogan hit a stumbling block after the city’s attorney deemed the petition…
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