Not long ago, panhandling on street corners and at intersections in Massachusetts and throughout the nation drove discussions on talk radio and at city halls.
New Bedford has rearranged the cobblestones on the median strip at Route 6 and Pleasant Street in the hopes of further combatting panhandling. Will it work?
A state law that prohibits certain people from asking motorists for money along the roadway was struck down Tuesday by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
The anti-panhandling law violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights because it is a "content-based regulation of protected speech in a public forum" that cannot withstand str
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against the City of Fall River for enforcing a state law regarding panhandling.