The Trump administration’s Day 1 executive actions governing federal workforce issues could collectively kickstart the new president’s efforts to politicize the nonpartisan civil service, beginning ...

On May 29, 2025, the White House and Office of Personnel Management jointly released a 30-page Merit Hiring Plan that mandates new requirements and procedures for executive branch hiring. As a former ...

Sign up for the Swampscott Reporter’s newsletter. Swampscott Town Meeting voted to start the legal process to withdrawal the Swampscott police and fire departments ...

A long-running class-action discrimination lawsuit initiated by a Worcester police officer who was passed over for promotion decades ago is expected to settle for $40 million. Spencer Tatum, a ...