Author: Myles Ulwelling

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A Democratic group that works to expand party control within state Capitols is arguing in a new memo that state legislatures are the “arbiters of reproductive freedom.”  Heather Williams, president of Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), said in a new memo that “we are always just one Supreme Court decision away from a state law…

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A third former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced for his part in torturing two Black men. Daniel Opdyke was sentenced Wednesday to 17.5 years in federal prison. Two other former deputies, Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton, were sentenced Tuesday. The other fired officers will learn their punishment later Wednesday and Thursday. All six pleaded guilty to federal charges in August. They acknowledged subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to various acts of racist torture in January 2023 after a neighbor complained that the men were staying in a home with a white woman.

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After recently visiting Boeing’s facilities, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker said he found there are issues with the company’s safety culture but expects the aviation giant will get its act together. “There are issues around the safety culture in Boeing. Their priorities have been focused on production and not on safety and quality,”…

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The attorney general’s lawsuit to compel Milton to comply with the 2021 law meant to stimulate much-needed housing production across Greater Boston will go before the full Supreme Judicial Court this fall.

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