Congressman Seth Moulton of Salem announced Wednesday morning that he will run for U.S. Senate next year, arguing that Massachusetts cannot wait another six years to install someone from a younger generation in the Senate.
Former patients of a treatment facility run by the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office— along with Dorchester City Councillor John FitzGerald— are going to bat for the program as lawmakers weigh moving all Section 35 involuntary commitment facilities for substance use out of jails or prisons and into facilities licensed or approved by the Departments of Public or Mental Health.
By Colin A. Young
Most Bay Staters approve of the job Maura Healey is doing as governor of Massachusetts while an even greater share of residents here disapprove of President Donald Trump’s performance, a new poll found.
By Colin A. Young
Nearly a quarter-century after a day that many will never forget, the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund added a new program to its annual State House remembrance this week for high school students — and even some teachers — who were not alive when the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, took place.
By Sam Drysdale
Gov. Maura Healey said she sees President Donald Trump’s recent deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities as “political theater” and warned against using Massachusetts troops in the same way.
By Colin A. Young
Scofflaws take notice: The MBTA will be launching a renewed effort early next month to collect subway fares from you with written warnings and fines of up to $150.
By Alison Kuznitz
Larger households receiving publicly funded food benefits will get extra support to buy fresh fruits and vegetables starting next month, as state officials gird for federal cuts that could escalate food insecurity.
By Alison Kuznitz.
Massachusetts is facing an explosion in its 85-and-over population within 25 years at a time when nursing homes are closing and the ones still operating are struggling to secure higher public payment rates, access capital funding, and attract and retain workers, according to a new task force report.
By Colin A. Young.
While National Guard members from three states head to Washington, D.C. to patrol the capital under the command of President Trump, lawmakers in Massachusetts have advanced a bill to realign the guard’s chain of command here in a way they say would reflect the organization’s evolving mission.
By Chris Lisinski.
Nine years after pulling the plug on a prior weekend late-night service program, the MBTA this month will begin running all subways and several popular bus routes about an hour longer into the night.
By Chris Lisinski.
Two months after bar advocates stopped taking new cases to demand pay raises, legislative leaders last week rolled out a take-it-or-leave-it proposal that some dissatisfied attorneys quickly slammed as insufficient.
Lawmakers on Wednesday announced a deal to increase pay for attorneys who represent indigent defendants, but at a lower level than bar advocates have been demanding since they stopped taking new cases two months ago.
The head of the MBTA is “very confident” the Chinese manufacturer building new Red and Orange Line trains will be able to fulfill federal requests for information that have reportedly delayed delivery of new cars to the United States.
Bar advocates said Monday they have not been involved in any conversations with legislative leadership about a resolution to the labor crisis that has resulted in more than 100 court cases being dismissed.
Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday called for striking attorneys to get back to work while they continue to push for greater pay, and did not take a stance on whether their pay should be raised.
