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Massachusetts educational travel companies pay $500, 000 fine for giving teachers cash stipends, travel rewards
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (529+ words) Student educational travel companies have paid a $500, 000 fine to the state after giving teachers cash stipends and travel rewards for organizing school trips and recruiting student travelers. EF Explore America, Inc. and EF Institute for Cultural Exchange, Inc. , which offer…...
Pedestrian fatalities one in five traffic deaths in Massachusetts
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (354+ words) One in every five traffic-related deaths in Massachusetts in 2025 involved a person walking, a new report from Walk Massachusetts found, calling for action to improve road safety for pedestrians. Massachusetts recorded 354 total traffic fatalities, about 76 or 21% of which were pedestrians…...
Massachusetts" economy surging as World Cup takes hold of region: "Boston can do it"
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (941+ words) World Cup mania is fully alive in Massachusetts, even as Scotland's Tartan Army leaves Boston and heads south to Miami, with a massive economic boom well underway across the region. From Boston inking a long-term relationship with Glasgow to Foxboro,…...
Massachusetts SJC derails income tax cut ballot question
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (532+ words) A blockbuster ballot question calling for a major reduction in the state income tax was ruled ineligible by the state's highest court to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot, with justices concluding Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office provided a "significantly misleading…...
Massachusetts accounts for 4th-most contributions to Graham Platner campaign
2+ week, 3+ day ago (860+ words) Massachusetts accounts for the fourth-most contributions out of all 50 states sent to controversial Maine U. S. Senate candidate Graham Platner's campaign, with a Democratic Party PAC sending him an eye-popping $3. 6 million to date. The backing for the Bay State comes as Platner…...
Massachusetts National Guard to be activated in Foxboro for World Cup
2+ week, 4+ day ago (678+ words) The Massachusetts National Guard is set to be activated amid the World Cup frenzy in Foxboro, beginning next Saturday, one week before Haiti and Scotland kick off the action. Up to 85 members of the National Guard on state active duty…...
Massachusetts opioid OD deaths drop under 1, 000: "Thousands of lives saved
2+ week, 5+ day ago (716+ words) Deadly opioid ODs have plummeted in the Bay State in recent years, according to officials who are crediting "a comprehensive and collaborative public health response" to the crisis. New data shows that opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts fell below 1, 000 last…...
Massachusetts gas prices drop amid optimism of U. S. -Iran peace deal: "Signs of relief at the pump
3+ week, 2+ day ago (422+ words) Pump prices are finally heading in the opposite direction. The average Bay State gas price has dropped 9 cents in a week amid rising optimism that the U. S. and Iran are edging closer to a peace deal that would reopen the Strait…...
Mysterious noise in Massachusetts a sonic boom: "Might be a meteor that blew up in mid-air
3+ week, 3+ day ago (610+ words) The United States Geological Survey has confirmed that the mysterious noise heard across Massachusetts Saturday afternoon, prompting rampant curiosity, was a sonic boom from a meteor. "This event is a widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," the USGS…...
Gun rights group files lawsuit challenging Massachusetts's non-resident license to carry process
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (367+ words) The Second Amendment Foundation and partners filed a lawsuit challenging the process non-residents must go through to obtain a license to carry in Massachusetts, the group announced, arguing the steps create an "unconstitutional barrier." The lawsuit, filed in federal court…...