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What does it really cost to raise a young family in Fall River, Massachusetts? The total is about $70,600 a year to rent and about $93,800 to buy a home. The typical Fall River household earns $63,800.
We added up seven basic bills for two parents and a young child in child care: healthcare, housing, utilities, child care, groceries, one car, and a phone and internet. Nothing extra.
Here’s the line-by-line breakdown, and how it compares to what MIT says a family here needs to get by 👇
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“Outpacing the national average” means you can’t blame Trump for this one.
Health insurance premiums in Mass. climb 38% since 2019, outpacing the national average, report finds trib.al/ckkpHQS
On Sept. 29, ICE Boston arrested Jimmi Martinez, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, following release from Massachusetts Department of Corrections custody. His criminal history includes conviction for r*pe of a child, r*pe of a child with force, and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
Martinez was removed from the United States on Oct. 2.
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A Massachusetts teen has been charged with threatening the President of the United States in addition to allegedly threatening to kill others including a school.
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OPINION: "In 2024, 72% of voters approved an audit of the legislators. Healey and the legislators gave everyone the middle finger and said too bad. The result? Healy won by 28 points and Democrat legislators picked up 3 more seats this week. No consequences for ignoring the voters.
This week, 85% of voters also voted to subject the Legislature and governor’s office to the state’s existing public records law. Yep, the only state where your legislators and governor get to do everything in secret, winning them the "2026 Blackhole" for the least transparent state in the country.
Does anyone really think 85% of the voters are going to get what they asked? Your elected officials were told they could ignore 72% of the voters, so why would they care what 85% think?" - Michael Silvia
FACT CHECK: Two very different claims about Massachusetts’ new abortion law have been spreading online. One side says it only covers medical emergencies, and the other says doctors can now end a pregnancy up to birth on their own. We read the law and the state’s own data, and neither claim tells the whole story: the 24-week limit is gone, but the patient must ask and consent, no doctor or hospital has to take part, and the state doesn’t track why any abortion happens.
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Brendan Norris, 27, of Newport, Rhode Island, was killed during a confrontation with police aboard a reportedly stolen sailboat in Newport Harbor on Wednesday morning, August 26, 2026. One Newport police officer was shot in the lower extremity, treated at Newport Hospital, released, and is recovering at home.
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Healey won Boston, Massachusetts by 108,767 votes
Gov. Maura Healey carried Boston with 140,499 votes (78.6%). Republican Mike Minogue had 31,732 (17.7%), and independents Andrea James and Kayla Kittredge had 6,608 (3.7%).
Results are unofficial until certified.
A New Bedford, Massachusetts man was sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and armed robbery for fatally shooting 44-year-old father Aaron Britto and stealing his jewelry in August 2024.
OPINION: "In 2024, 72% of voters approved an audit of the legislators. Healey and the legislators gave everyone the middle finger and said too bad. The result? Healy won by 28 points and Democrat legislators picked up 3 more seats this week. No consequences for ignoring the voters.
This week, 85% of voters also voted to subject the Legislature and governor’s office to the state’s existing public records law. Yep, the only state where your legislators and governor get to do everything in secret, winning them the "2026 Blackhole" for the least transparent state in the country.
Does anyone really think 85% of the voters are going to get what they asked? Your elected officials were told they could ignore 72% of the voters, so why would they care what 85% think?" - Michael Silvia
Nearly 67% of Massachusetts voters cast a “yes” vote to keep the law that installed new oversight of untraceable ghost guns and 3D-printed guns, bolstered the state’s red flag law that allows courts to take guns away from people who are a threat to themselves or others, updated the assault weapons ban, expanded data collection and reporting requirements, and more.
A Massachusetts teen has been charged with threatening the President of the United States in addition to allegedly threatening to kill others including a school.
In early unofficial results, Yes leads on Question 9 with 68.8% (1,138,726 votes) to No’s 31.2% (516,574). Question 9 is a referendum on Chapter 135, the 2024 law that strengthened Massachusetts gun regulations.
What is Chapter 135?
Chapter 135 is the gun law the Legislature passed in 2024 (House 124–33, Senate 35–5). It updates Massachusetts firearms rules in several ways:
• Ghost guns: requires serial numbers on almost all guns, including 3D-printed and home-built ones.
• Machine-gun devices: bans devices like Glock switches and bump stocks that make semi-automatic guns fire like machine guns.
• Assault-style weapons: tightens rules on assault-style firearms.
• Extreme Risk Protection Orders: lets school administrators and health care providers ask a court to temporarily take guns from someone considered a danger.
A YES vote on Question 9 keeps the law. A NO vote repeals it and returns to the rules the state had before 2024.
