Politics

Bacon prices have been a particular focus in this election.

The issue remains legally and politically fraught two years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and overruled the nationwide right to abortion.

A bill addressing the safety of pets at Massachusetts kennels was signed into law Thursday. Until now, the Bay State had no oversight for puppy day care and boarding facilities. The only requirement for anyone with more than four dogs was to obtain a kennel license. Gov. Maura Healey signed the legislation known as Ollie’s Law, which requires...

This November, Massachusetts’ Ballot Question 5 asks voters whether tipped workers should receive a gradual wage increase until it reaches the state’s minimum wage, with tipping still permitted. The measure is drawing a no vote from Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, the state House Ways and Means Chairman who represents the North End, a neighborho...

A bill creating state oversight for puppy day care and boarding facilities has been signed into law.

Trump’s attorneys argued against “further disclosures” of evidence by the special counsel in the former president’s election interference case in the weeks before Election Day.

Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children were among more than 200 demonstrators who gathered outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans where appellate judges heard arguments over a policy shielding them from deportation.

Former Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday he’ll “never rule anything out” when asked if he’d ever consider returning to elected office, while speaking at the UMass Club about his work at the NCAA. “But I think we live in really challenging times, and it’s important [for] really good people to step up,” the NC...

Ethel Kennedy, who spent a lifetime in service and inspired generations of her family to do the same, has died at the age of 96. Kennedy’s legacy spans decades and overcame multiple personal tragedies. The widow to former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, with whom she had 11 children, Kennedy devoted much of her life to a human rights...

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and matriarch to the dynastic Kennedy family, suffered a stroke last week.

NBC News first reported on Monday that DeSantis refused to take Harris’ call when she reached out about Hurricane Helene’s impact on Florida.

The story was initially reported in “War,” a new book by veteran Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, which reports on Trump and Joe Biden’s relationships with foreign leaders.

Rat birth control is a subject everyone in Boston seems to have an opinion on. A pilot program was conducted in Jamaica Plain’s Hyde Square, and some city councilors want that program to be expanded. “Some neighbors have said that they’ve seen a decrease, others have said that they’ve seen an increase,” said Boston Cit...