The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.

Pro-immigrant nonprofits, organizers, and politicians from across the state are bracing for a second Trump presidency as they ...

The sudden injection of so sizable a sum would be a profound change for the T — at least in the short run. The agency’s ...

As the Massachusetts State Legislature began its session on New Year’s Day, Rep. Joan Meschino nominated longtime Hull ...

Republican state Sen. Peter Durant said he welcomes the increased scrutiny — and called on the Healey administration to disclose the nature of the inspections, and details of what they reveal.

According to animal advocates, cat declawing is an invasive surgical operation that is akin to amputating the last knuckle of ...

A Republican state senator backed by a coalition of gun rights advocates plans to file a suite of bills this month that ...

The Clarion Hotel in Taunton is among the locations slated for inspection following Gov. Maura Healey’s order to review all ...

The Mass. Supreme Judicial Court sided with the state on towns being required to offer multi-unit zoning. Holden is still ...

The act helps when it comes to treating people affected by substance use more humanely,” said South County Recovery Center ...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law a bill to ban the declawing of cats, legislation introduced by Senator ...