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Boston Herald· 1 day agoBeacon Hill to City Hall to Washington, I admire their determination to consistently expose themselves to ridicule seemingly without a shred of...
Bulletin: Members of Massachusetts’ Congressional Delegation Call for Federal Probe of ShotSpotter
The Trace· 5 days agoThree members of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation are calling for a federal probe of ShotSpotter, the controversial gun-detection technology used by police nationwide. Senators ...
Ohio’s congressional Dems demand vote on contraception protection
Ohio Capital Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDemocrats from Ohio’s U.S. Congressional delegation want the right to contraception codified into...
A leader for the AI skeptics
Politico· 4 days agoEarlier this week, a bipartisan group of senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released a plan tasking agencies with letting lawmakers know...
Social media bills aim to protect kids’ health
Politico· 7 days agoEd Markey (D-Mass.) — and the Kids Off Social Media Act— a bill to bar kids under 13 on apps by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) — according to a Senate aide...
TikTok creators sue feds to block potential ban
Courthouse News Service· 6 days agoA group of eight TikTok content creators sued U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday in a bid to block recently passed legislation that would...
Health Care: Long COVID funding
Axios· 7 days agoA group of Democratic senators backed by patient advocacy groups is pushing for over $1 billion in new spending for long COVID research in the next...
Boston Police records debunk ACLU, critics’ claim that piñata activated ShotSpotter
Boston Herald· 5 days agoBoston Police records show a loud noise from a piñata at a birthday party did not activate...
Senators push for long COVID research boost
Axios· 6 days agoWhy it matters: There are 17 million people in the U.S. who report having long COVID, per KFF, many of whom face limitations on their daily activities. ...
Bill Bratton calls criticism of ShotSpotter technology ‘foolish’
Boston Herald· 3 days agoEx-Boston Police Commissioner Bill Bratton dismissed the “foolish” assertions that ShotSpotter...