"Our bill would address the issues of fast fashion at the state level, taking a multipronged approach," write two Mass. lawmakers. Another reader writes, "Stop buying all that stuff! Consider that you might already have enough jeans to accommodate the legs of a millipede."
Following the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Affirmative Action, a policy that enabled institutions of higher education to consider a student’s race on relevant applications, many such schools have begun to reconsider their admissions policies to comply with the law. In the Massachusetts Legislature, this has led to debates over legacy preferences through bills.
By CARA CHAPMAN Press-Republican
Dec 17, 2020
PLATTSBURGH â A Schuyler Falls man has been charged with the attempted murder of two State Police troopers in connection with a Dec. 6 incident.
Following his release from Albany Medical Center Friday, Kevin M. Doherty Jr., 34, was charged with two counts each of first-degree attempted murder of a police officer and menacing of a police officer, and one count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, all felonies, State Police said in a press release.
ALLEGEDLY FIRED SHOTGUN
State Police have said that troopers responded to Doherty s Rabideau Street home at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, for a welfare check.