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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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.

The latest entrant in a national wave of policymakers enacting health care market oversight laws that have a significant ...