The state Senate OK'd a bill to require all public schools to ban cellphones. Are there exceptions, and how will local schools have to change?

An unprecedented work stoppage by private defense attorneys that has plunged Massachusetts’ court system into chaos entered deeper uncharted territory on Wednesday when a judge ordered three attorneys ...

The measure needs approval in the House before it can be sent to Gov. Maura Healey, who has said she would sign it.

The spending plan lawmakers sent to Healey on Thursday "addresses timely issues through key, targeted investments," state ...

The Healey administration dangling more tax credits and subsidies for real estate developers as part of broader efforts to build more affordable housing in the state.

The state Senate OK'd a bill to require all public schools to ban cellphones. Are there exceptions, and how will local ...

Massachusetts public school students would be banned from using or holding on to their cellphones during the school day ...

Advocates and experts heaped praise on the state Senate on Thursday after the chamber approved a bell-to-bell prohibition on ...

Millions in economic activity and thousands of jobs are at risk in Massachusetts due to proposed federal cuts to research and ...

As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level ...

According to a report by the Donahue Institute at the University of Massachusetts, cited by Healey’s office, $8.57 billion in annual federal research and development funding supports 81,300 jobs and ...