Shannon Liss-Riordan

The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts is hosting a forum Thursday night for the three Democratic candidates seeking the office of Attorney General. Andrea Campbell, Quentin Palfrey and Shannon Liss-Riordan are all seeking the seat. The job is being vacated by Democrat Maura Healey, who is running for governor. Campbell is a former Boston City Councilor who ran for mayor…

Labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan will officially launch her campaign for attorney general on Tuesday, entering a potentially growing field of candidates on the Democratic side looking to succeed Attorney General Maura Healey as she makes her bid for governor. Liss-Riordan’s interest in the race if Healey vacated the seat was well-known. The former U.S. Senate candidate will make the...

Workers’ rights attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan has announced that she is ending her primary challenge to Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey. Liss-Riordan said in an emailed statement Friday some obstacles are too great to overcome, and that is the situation she finds herself in. She said she will continue to work to get Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren elected president....

Climate change took center stage at a Massachusetts college on Sunday night. People gathered at Stonehill College in Easton for a rally, marching and calling for change, followed by a debate between Senator Ed Markey and challenger Shannon Liss-Riordan...
“Young people, we’re just done with inaction,” one woman said. “We all see it in our daily lives. We see it when...

A business executive who touted is experiences as a foster child when he announced a primary challenge to Democratic Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Edward Markey in July has ended his campaign. Steve Pemberton in his emailed announcement Monday said he couldn’t overcome a system that favors incumbents.

Officially facing a challenge for his seat in the US Senate, Ed Markey is going on the offensive.

When Rep. Ayanna Pressley won her primary last year, she did more than beat a 20 year incumbent — she and others sent a message to a whole new crop of Massachusetts Democrats itching to run for office in a state where congressional seats are often held for decades.

Sen. Ed Markey is adamant in his call for an emergency session of the U.S. Senate to debate gun safety legislation. But on the notion of repealing the Second Amendment, he is less clear. Markey has long been a strong proponent of stricter gun laws. After mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, he addressed the gun issue.

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is pushing for tougher gun laws after mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, but his primary challenger, Shannon Liss-Riordan, is calling for a repeal of the Second Amendment.

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey and Democratic primary challenger Shannon Liss-Riordan are staking out different stances on impeachment following a public statement by special counsel Robert Mueller.

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is facing a challenger in next year’s Democratic primary. Shannon Liss-Riordan, a workers’ rights lawyer, announced her intention Monday to challenge the one-term Massachusetts senator for the Democratic nomination. Liss-Riordan made the announcement in a video and email to supporters and Democratic activists.