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 ...

A new law in Massachusetts aims to limit the influence of private equity healthcare firms in the healthcare sector.

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

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.

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

Massachusetts received $102 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for capital infrastructure projects across the ...

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 ...

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