5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (760+ words) BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday subjecting proposed data center projects to local approval before developers can move on to state permitting, representing her administration’s latest crackdown on the facilities after halting tax breaks earlier this summer....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (950+ words) By BILL BARROW and JESSE BEDAYN This year’s midterm elections will turn on many issues. The Iran war, tariffs, inflation. Immigration, taxes, health care. But there is another, potentially potent undercurrent in several key races that could determine control of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (375+ words) As if there was any doubt, Republicans’ midterm convention will be the Donald Trump show, with the president appearing at both nights of the event in Dallas next month. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are both set to headline…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (348+ words) Even under strict limitations, the reopening of the trade channel brought relief to Mexico’s ranching industry, which was dealt an economic blow by the controls. The flesh-eating worm is now present on both sides of the border. In the sprawling…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (928+ words) By JOHN HANNA and SARAH RAZA The U.S. reopened a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico on Monday as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce record-high beef prices, though economists doubt the move will…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (724+ words) LOWELL — UMass Lowell College Democrats President Matthew Kelly appreciates that U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan filed a bill to do something about regulating the growing artificial intelligence industry, but to him and a small group of protesters at Trahan’s office Thursday,…...