Legislators also shipped more than a dozen measures to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk, most of them local bills affecting ...

Recent changes to the state’s Civil Service law mean that Dracut must take steps to bring the Police Department to parity ...

Almost two years after leaving office, former Gov. Charlie Baker "looks like someone who's running" and could return to Massachusetts politics, a report said.

Most of the bills sent to the governor for approval Thursday are local bills, and a couple dozen other proposals moved ...

At the midway point of her term in office, Gov. Maura Healey said last week she’s comfortable with what she’s gotten done and ...

More than a year after the State Seal Commission folded without recommending a new design for the state's emblems, a second ...

DCR to host hikes at 14 State Parks as part of a nationwide initiative that started in 1992 at the Blue Hills State ...

"It's about economic growth, it's about giving people a fair shot at making sure that everybody has access to that, including ...

BOSTON (WWLP) — Last week, Massachusetts was ranked the safest state to live in in the country for having the lowest rate of gun deaths. This ranking was presented by the Giffords Law Center to ...

Housing advocates from towns like Nantucket that have substantial seasonal variations in employment and housing needs, called ...

Numerous states — California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Oregon, Washington and Minnesota — have attempted ...

The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced funding awarded through the Charles E. Shannon Jr. Community Safety Initiative, including new funds to support violence prevention in public housing sites.