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Officials with the U.S Department of Interior have told attorneys for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe that there will be a decision by Sept. 21 on whether the agency will be able to keep the tribe's reservation in trust, according to a statement issued Monday by the tribe.
Several members of Massachusetts' all-Democratic congressional delegation are getting a run for their money this year - from within their own party. Five of the eight House incumbents seeking re-election face challenges in the September primary, pending final certification of nominating signatures.
Massachusetts congressman William Keating says a nuclear waste bill that passed the U.S. House includes important provisions for the soon-to-be-closed Pilgrim nuclear plant in Plymouth. Keating, a Democrat, says the bill prioritizes removal of spent fuel from older nuclear facilities and those like Pilgrim that are being decommissioned.The plant's shutdown is scheduled for May 2019.Keating says speedier removal of nuclear waste from the site will help make the decommissioning process safer.
After a decision by the Trump administration last week to end protected status for Honduran refugees, immigrant activists put Democrats on Beacon Hill on notice Monday that they want more than just lip service from their state elected leaders. At a rally outside the State House in support of immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador and other countries facing deportation because of actions taken by President Donald Trump, some community leaders said it was not enough for Beacon Hill politicians to offer their rhetorical support.
Democratic Congressman William R. Keating of Bourne has served the 9th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives since 2011. In this election, his Republican challenger, Mark C. Alliegro of Falmouth, is offering voters a markedly different platform, one that focuses on increasing economic freedom with less interference from the federal government.
An Army veteran battling cancer files a claim for benefits that gets mired in the system. It will take more than a year, according to the Veterans Administration, to get around to making a decision, a year he might not have.
While intruders routinely breach the security fences protecting runways and planes at U.S. airports, the federal Transportation Security Administration is not keeping up with the threat or doing enough to help airports identify their vulnerabilities, according to a government report released Tuesday. Congress asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to investigate how often people get past airport perimeter security, and whether the TSA could do more to help airports anticipate and prevent incidents.