The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.

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.

Pointing out how Massachusetts has spent a fortune on housing migrants, newly sworn-in Gov. Kelly Ayotte says her ...

BOSTON (WPRI) — It will soon officially be illegal to declaw a cat in Massachusetts. Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation ...

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 ...

The law “ ... restricts our [ability] to carry and possess firearms,” state Sen. Peter Durant, R-Worcester/Hampshire, said Thursday, adding that the reforms in it “undermine the freedoms of ...

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

Massachusetts’ state-funded migrant-family shelter facilities have been rife with incidents of child rape, drugs, physical assaults and other illicit crimes, ...