WESTFIELD — Legislators want Gov. Maura T. Healey to boost Hampden County’s presence on the Massachusetts Appeals Court. And ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

A long-sought plan to build a new soccer-specific stadium for the New England Revolution along the banks of the Mystic River in Everett crossed the goal line on Thursday, as state lawmakers sent a ...

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