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By SARAH GARDNER

NORTHAMPTON — No community in Hampshire or Franklin counties would be allowed to ban recreational marijuana facilities without an affirmative vote by referendum.A bill approved by the Legislature last week and awaiting Gov. Charlie Baker’s signature...

The Legislature reached a reasonable compromise on the law regulating recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, and we urge Gov. Charlie Baker to sign the measure.The compromise bill approved by the Legislature this week leaves intact much of Question...

Suggests Neal jumps on political bandwagonI read with extreme dismay that Congressman Richard Neal is co-sponsoring the “Israeli Anti-Boycott Act” in part drafted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.However you feel about the...

 By LAUREL DEMKOVICH

NORTHAMPTON — Massachusetts needs a governor for the entire state, Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz said Tuesday, and Newton Mayor Setti Warren can be that person.“Don’t forget about western Massachusetts,” Narkewicz said. “One size doesn’t always...

We hope that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in an upcoming gerrymandering case comes down on the side of democracy.The Supreme Court this fall will take up the issue of political parties manipulating state voting maps to gain advantage in Congress...

By AMANDA DRANE

BOSTON — Approving changes that legislators say maintain the spirit of the voter-approved law, the Massachusetts Senate passed a bill Thursday proposing amendments to the state’s recreational marijuana legislation.Much of the pre-vote discussion...

By CATHERINE LUCEY

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump chose simple over swanky this Father’s Day weekend.Nearly five months into his presidency, Trump flew for the first time Saturday to Camp David, the government-owned retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains. A...

By ERIC TUCKER and ERICA WERNER

WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia’s role in the 2016 election and its ties to the Trump campaign.“It’s my judgment that I was fired...

BOSTON — Senate President Stanley Rosenberg on Tuesday staked out a position against a statewide ban on Native American mascots, saying the issue should be decided at the local level.“It’s really about local standards,” Rosenberg said during a WGBH...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker took the right action in swiftly joining an alliance of political, academic and business leaders pledging to move the nation toward meeting the commitments made as part of the Paris Climate Agreement.The day after...

By JESSICA GRESKO

 WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court dealt another blow to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban targeting six Muslim-majority countries on Thursday, siding with groups that say the policy illegally targets Muslims.The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of...

A sense of urgency reflecting the nation’s political climate fuels a call to service delivered by college commencement speakers here this month.Graduates of the local private colleges and University of Massachusetts Amherst were urged to engage in...

Massachusetts, regarded as a bastion of progressive thinking, has never elected a woman governor.Yes, Lt. Gov. Jane Swift filled that seat from April 2001 through 2002 when Republican Gov. Paul Cellucci left to become ambassador to China before his...

By ANDREA AYVAZIAN

Although it has become cliché, it is also true: Donald Trump has made America great again.We are great in our resistance, great in our inventive placard-making, great in our love for democracy, great in our ability to differentiate between lies and...

By DEENA RUBIN

I was pregnant and gave birth to my daughter, Ayala, in Cambridge, England. This was my first introduction to universal health care.I began my pregnancy by going to the gynecologist, getting ultrasounds and having blood and urine tests. As the...

By FRAZIER MOORE

NEW YORK — Roger Ailes, the communication maestro who transformed TV news by creating Fox News Channel only to be ousted from his media empire at the height of his reign for alleged sexual harassment, died Thursday, according to his wife, Elizabeth...

Bad enough that President Donald Trump is inflicting his intemperance, narcissism and lack of compassion on the nation that elected him its leader. But it’s now becoming clear that Trump’s disregard for the rules of American justice and international...

By SARA WEINBERGER

I moved from Northampton to Easthampton nearly three years ago.Although I was reluctant to leave the city that I had called “home” for 30 years, Easthampton, or as I fondly call it, “The New Brooklyn,” is a great place to settle. The bike path, less...

By JOE GANNON

Where does hope come from at this time when the world is lurching ever rightward? What can unite us enough to pull in the opposite direction when the old ideologies are gone?The French may have slowed that lurch toward right-wing populism in last...

By FANNY ROTHSCHILD

When do we stop sitting in our homes or offices, activate our protector natures, and take to the streets?When I lived in Argentina for six months in 1996, I volunteered with the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, a group of mothers who had begun to march 20...