Massachusetts Politics & News
The Daily Signal covers Massachusetts politics with conservative analysis of state government, healthcare mandates, education policy, and progressive overreach in the Commonwealth.
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Parents in Massachusetts School District Can’t Opt Out of ‘Sexuality,’ ‘Gender Identity’ Lessons
Some Massachusetts elementary schools are observing "Transgender Awareness Week" in a district that bars parents from opting their children out of lessons about gender identity and sexuality. "November 13th through November 19th is Transgender Awareness Week," Angiers Elementary Principal Orla Higgins Averill said in an email obtained by The Daily Signal. "This week helps raise the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
No-Bid Contracts Inflate Cost to Massachusetts Taxpayers of Feeding Illegal Aliens
Most hardworking Americans can’t afford to spend $21 to $31 on dinner every day. If they did, they’d likely expect to get steak or lobster for their money. Yet that’s exactly how much the state of Massachusetts is spending to feed homeless migrants, according to WBZ-TV CBS Boston. The state isn’t even getting its money’s worth:…Adam Andrzejewski -
Massachusetts Bars Couple From Foster Care Over Christian Views on LGBT Matters
The state of Massachusetts is barring a Christian couple from fostering children due to their biblical beliefs on sexuality and gender. Catholics Mike and Kitty Burke filed a lawsuit last week in federal court against state officials after they were denied the right to serve as foster parents. During the foster parents screening process, the couple were…S.A. McCarthy -
Massachusetts Parents at Risk of Losing Religious Exemption on Vaccinations of Their Kids
The sun was shining in Boston on July 1 as I sat at a picnic table looking out over Boston Harbor, the very harbor that about 250 years earlier Colonists dumped tea into in protest of British taxes. As a Massachusetts native, I am proud of my state’s history in the fight for freedom and…Virginia Allen -
Pro-Abortion Vandals Strike Pregnancy Center in Massachusetts
Vandals painted pro-abortion messages late Wednesday or early Thursday at a pro-life pregnancy center in Massachusetts. The vandals splattered red paint across the white exterior of Bethlehem House Inc. Pregnancy Care Center in Easthampton, 99 miles west of Boston. A vandal used black spray paint to write this message on the ground outside the pro-life…Virginia Allen -
Lawsuit Targets Massachusetts Public School System for Racial Segregation, Censoring Students
A Massachusetts public school system is actively promoting racially segregated student groups and a “bias reporting program” that encourages students to report instances of their peers’ biases to school officials for disciplinary action, a lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges. Parents Defending Education filed the lawsuit against the Boston-area Wellesley Public Schools Tuesday in the U.S. District…Mary Margaret Olohan -
2 Massachusetts Towns Create Legal Polyamorous Partnerships
What could the left possibly want after same-sex marriage and transgenderism? Try polygamy. The media laughed off groups like the Family Research Council when we warned about that 15 years ago. Now, a decade and a half later, with American parents in the fight of their lives over girls sports and city councils endorsing three-person…Tony Perkins -
In Massachusetts, Resistance to Marijuana Dispensaries
Although recreational marijuana has been legal in Massachusetts since voters approved it in 2016, the pot industry has experienced some serious pushback against dispensaries at the local level. More than 90 municipalities in the state have opted out or prohibited commercial cannabis establishments. The development is the result of a grassroots effort coordinated by local…Virginia Aabram -
Massachusetts City Will Allow Illegal Aliens to Drive Without a License
City councilors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, voted to prohibit police officers from arresting illegal aliens if they are caught operating a vehicle without a license. Under a newly passed city ordinance in Cambridge, residents are still legally required to carry a driver’s license if they are operating a vehicle, but local law enforcement has been ordered…Jason Hopkins -
Massachusetts High Schoolers Give Freed Slave Her 175 Years Overdue Gravestone
Nearly 175 years after the death of freed slave Lucy Foster, a memorial service it’s thought she never got took place at a cemetery on May 9 in Andover, Massachusetts—thanks in no small part to a group of high school girls there. An elective course, “Out of the Shadows,” taught by Linda Meditz at the…Joshua Q. Nelson -
Massachusetts Can Protect Women and Kids
This election cycle, there’s a question on the Massachusetts ballot on whether to keep in place a state law that poses a serious threat to the privacy and safety of women and children. Question 3 on the state ballot asks if residents of the state would like to keep in place the current law, which…Monica Burke -
Massachusetts Governor Signs Gun Seizure Bill
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill on Tuesday allowing for temporary gun confiscation without any due process in Massachusetts. Bill H4670 enables a family or household member, which includes roommates, relatives or significant others, to remove firearms, firearm identification cards and ammunition from any individual deemed to be a danger to oneself or others. Surrendered goods…Molly Prince -
How This College Conservative Counters Liberal Intolerance on Massachusetts Campuses
The leader of Republican groups at Massachusetts colleges says the position is rewarding because it allows him to support fellow students, such as the one who felt attacked by a professor who openly derided President Donald Trump. The episode occurred last fall at Bridgewater State University, where Jason Ross is a senior. “It wasn’t a…Rachel del Guidice -
Massachusetts Eyes Third Gender for Driver’s Licenses
Massachusetts could become the third state to further the transgender agenda via driver’s licenses and other forms of identification. According to the Gloucester Daily Times, Massachusetts state Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, has proposed legislation that would add an option for those who don’t identify as either male or female. Spilka said she was influenced by…Ian Snively -
Massachusetts Supreme Court Says It’s Perfectly Legitimate for Black Men to Flee Police
Has it really come to this? On the heels of dramatic disagreement between the two major party presidential candidates about how to react to ongoing tension between the police and the African-American community, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has unanimously concluded that a black man fleeing from a police officer investigating criminal activity is…John G. Malcolm -
New Massachusetts Law Banning Employers From Asking Salary History Could Hurt Employees
Transparency in pay is a rallying point of “fair pay” advocates. Why then would a recent law passed in Massachusetts prohibit questions about pay? Ironically, what has been deemed the most robust equal pay law in the country simultaneously mandates the free flow of salary discussions amongst employees while prohibiting employers from asking potential hires…Rachel Greszler -
Massachusetts AG Investigating Conservative Groups With Ties to Exxon Mobil
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is now the latest state prosecutor to start investigating conservative groups with supposed ties to Exxon Mobil Corp., after she issued a subpoena for 40 years of internal company documents and communications with a handful of think tanks. Healey’s office subpoenaed Exxon as part of a multistate effort among liberal…Michael Bastasch -
Why Massachusetts Gave Up on Common Core
The state Board of Education in Massachusetts has decided to retreat from common core and develop its own state tests—to the dismay of Common Core advocates. It comes as no surprise that a “top-down, one-size-fits-all” approach to education is not working for the people of Massachusetts. Interestingly, this policy reversal comes at the recommendation of…Mary Clare Amselem -
After Debate, Massachusetts Town Won’t Ban All Sales of Tobacco
Smokers and nonsmokers alike in Westminster, Mass., came together to push back against a move by the town’s board of health to ban the sale of all tobacco and nicotine products within the city limits. This community of about 7,700 residents in north-central Massachusetts took on the Nanny State and won. “This really wasn’t just…M.D. Kittle -
A Massachusetts Town May Ban All Tobacco Sales
A Massachusetts town might become the first in the nation to ban all tobacco sales, according to the Boston Globe. Westminster, Mass. is a town of 7,765 located northwest of Boston. The city’s website describes the community as “a small New England village.” The Westminster Board of Health has recently issued a proposal that would…Kate Scanlon