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The Poor Sisters of St. Clare plan to tear down their Franciscan Monastery at 920 Centre St., next to the Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, and then sell the vacant land to a developer for construction of 26 townhouses. Read more.
Although there are many scholarly treatments of the Founders’ understanding of property and economics, few of them present an overview of the complete package of the principles and policies upon which they agreed. Even the fact that there was a consensus among the Founders is often denied. Government today has strayed far from the Founders’ approach to economics, but the older policies have not been altogether replaced. Some of the Founders’ complex set of policies to protect property rights are still in force. America has abandoned the Founders’ views on the gold and silver standard, ...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court considers the case of a man once deemed incompetent to go to trial, then sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
Amherst petitioners seek SJC relief in Jones Library case Jones Library STAFF FILE PHOTO/KEN HEIDEL Published: 5/24/2021 8:56:13 PM AMHERST — Residents trying to force a referendum on the expansion and renovation of the Jones Library, with borrowing for the project approved by the Town Council in April, are turning to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for relief. The lawsuit was filed against the Board of Registrars on Thursday by 40 registered voters, most of whom didn’t have their signatures counted toward a voter-veto petition that needed to get 864 signatures, or 5% of regis...
Business owners rejected by SJC now want Supreme Court to review Bakerâs use of emergency powers during COVID pandemic By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated May 10, 2021, 1:56 p.m. Email to a Friend Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff A group of business owners who unsuccessfully sought last year to overturn Governor Charlie Bakerâs emergency powers during the pandemic is petitioning the Supreme Court to review the case, according to its lawyer, potentially extending whatâs been a yearlong challenge to the Republican governorâs authority. Michael P...