The U.S. Navy's newest combat ship will be commissioned in a ceremony at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Saturday.

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

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 ...

After voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to eliminate the requirement that high school students pass the MCAS exam in ...

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

Construction for the new and improved Maple Center Shopping Plaza in Longmeadow is almost complete. If signed into law by Gov ...

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 ...

In August, the Telegram & Gazette reported that three deputy chiefs — Sean J. Fleming, Edward J. McGinn and Carl J. Supernor — had petitioned the Civil Service Commission alleging the city was ...

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

A coalition of trade union groups called Thursday on the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut to sharply ...

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