Former Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham, who ascended to the Senate presidency after helping to write the state's landmark 1993 education reform law, died on Jan. 20 at age 73. A union lawyer who worked with the Pioneer Institute in recent years, Birmingham rose through the Senate, succeeding William Bulger of South Boston. A Chelsea
A Chelsea Democrat, and union lawyer, Birmingham, ascended to the Senate presidency after helping to write the state's landmark 1993 education reform law. He worked with the Pioneer Institute in recent years. He died on Friday.
A DOJ report concluded that Bureau of Prisons faced widespread incompetence and failures when transferring James Whitey Bulger to a West Virginia where inmates killed him in 2018.
The US Department of Justice has charged Fotios Geas, 55, Paul J. DeCologero, 48, and Sean. McKinnon, 36, for conspiracy to commit first degree murder of Bulgar, 89.