How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time Thomas Jefferson imagined the waterway as the heart of his “empire of liberty” as he dispatched surveyors to ...

In the eyes of the Trump administration, Massachusetts is a sanctuary state despite repeated declarations from Gov. Maura Healey to the contrary.

The Massachusetts Department of Early and Secondary Education has approved new high school graduation requirements to replace the MCAS requirement repealed by voters last year.

One would create a misdemeanor animal cruelty statute; another would increase penalties and fees for repeat offenders.