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A bill making its way through the Massachusetts legislature would block efforts to ban books from school and public libraries. According to the American Library Association, thousands of complaints were lodged in 2023.
BOSTON — A bill making its way through the Massachusetts legislature would block efforts to ban books from school and public libraries. Lawmakers of the Joint Committee on Education heard testimony from advocates and opponents of “An Act regarding free expression,” which would prevent the removal of books from school
A bill making its way through the Massachusetts legislature would block efforts to ban books from school and public libraries. According to the American Library Association, thousands of complaints were lodged in 2023.
The commonwealth’s authority to buck federal law and legalize drug-injection consumption sites dominated a legislative hearing Monday, as some health-care providers and local officials insisted that pending legislation would provide them with crucial protections as they try to implement a new approach to curb the state’s worsening opioid epidemic.
BOSTON — An ongoing wave of fatal opioid overdoses has revived a push on Beacon Hill for state-sanctioned sites where addicts can inject drugs under the supervision of health care