Legislators want Gov. Maura T. Healey to boost Hampden County’s presence on the Massachusetts Appeals Court. And that has nowhere to go but up, since there hasn’t been a Hampden County Associate ...

A backlash to standardized tests has been fueled by complaints they take up too much classroom time and questions about how ...

After months of delay, the Legislature sent a major clean energy bill to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk amid shifting national ...

Massachusetts state officials are making a sudden U-turn, months after threatening to revoke the commercial driver’s licenses ...

Mass. State Police have released new video into an incident where a suspect reportedly threw an axe at a police cruiser ...

The House and Senate both accepted a conference committee report that emerged Tuesday night recommending $3.96 billion in ...

If signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey, the new bill will promote energy storage and allow for longer-term contracts for ...

Praising his "wealth of experience in correctional management" and "forward-looking vision," Healey's office said Friday the ...

Legislation passed this week in New York City leaves Boston as the last major city where tenants can be required to pay hefty ...

A Republican who unsuccessfully ran for a South Shore and Cape Cod Senate seat turned to a Boston court this month in an effort to overturn the results of her Republican primary election this fall, a ...

The U.S. Drought Monitor currently classifies just over 66% of the state as being in a severe drought covering most of the ...