Katherine Yon News Today

Congress can repeal the Alien Enemies Act to safeguard against Trump's threat to conduct mass deportations without hearings.

Section 1202 is an overbroad authority that risks further degrading the constitutional power of Congress to declare war.

Congress and the public cannot afford to delay a serious reassessment of the Department of Defense’s security cooperation authorities.

Sheriff's candidate Alf Barbalunga has continued to make various allegations against Sheriff Thomas Bowler for the death of an inmate at Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Facility, including accusing Bowler of waiting eight years to accept Medication Assistance Therapy for inmates struggling with drug addiction.

An interview with Pittsfield, Massachusetts Mayor Linda Tyer.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Following a fighting incident at Taconic High School on Tuesday, Superintendant Joseph Curtis released a letter and video assuring Pittsfield Public School families that...

PITTSFIELD — The School Committee has voted in favor of opening a stand-alone virtual school with capacity for over 300 students next school year, but, because of budgetary considerations, it offered only a one-year commitment to the program. The idea of offering an all-online school program in Pittsfield dates to last summer, when districts across the state developed virtual school options for students during the coronavirus pandemic. Pittsfield Public Schools launched the all-online Pitt...

PITTSFIELD — There is a new face on the Pittsfield School Committee, after two other would-be candidates pulled their names from consideration.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Four ward councilors have announced that they will not seek re-election, leaving space for new leadership in those areas and a changeup of at least a third of the council November. Ward 1 Councilor Helen Moon, in a Facebook video post this week, said the physical and mental strains over the past two years related to the pandemic and her personal and professional life led to her decision not to run for a third term. "I thought it was unfair to my constituents that I cann...

The School Committee and City Council will hold a joint session Wednesday evening to fill a vacancy on the school committee.  EAGLE FILE PHOTO PITTSFIELD — Four people are interested in filling a School Committee vacancy due to the abrupt departure of Dennis Powell, whose resignation letter was deeply critical of the committee. They include two candidates who pulled papers to run for School Committee in this fall’s municipal elections, Karen Reis K...