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

Massachusetts spent $10.26 billion on state payroll during 2024, and 1,249 state employees earned more than the governor — ...

The hospital oversight law creates a task force focused on improving primary care access, delivery and financial stability, a ...

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

The grants include funding for McGrath Highway in Somerville, station improvements at JFK/UMass in Boston and electric ...

Gov. Maura Healey signed a law that bans the sale of puppies and kittens under eight weeks old, as well as the roadside sale ...

Maura Healey is requesting a moment of silence on Thursday to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter.

Five rail-related projects are among those in Massachusetts to receive U.S. Department of Transportation funding under various Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant programs, Gov. Maura Healey and the ...

Newly released state data show a slew of alleged criminal activity at the shelters, and federal authorities are pursuing the ...

The Herald obtained the “Serious Incident Reports Tracker Data” through a public records request. Because the state withheld ...

The grants include $43 million for McGrath Highway in Somerville, where officials plan to “reconnect neighborhoods” that for ...

"You have to start screening better at the door, and that’s what needs to be done," state House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano, D-3rd Norfolk, said.