BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker introduced legislation Friday aimed at overhauling Massachusetts' health care system by restricting how hospitals and doctors bill patients and requiring walk-in...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has announced a new program to help municipalities bolster their cybersecurity.

The Republican governor addressed the third annual...

BOSTON (AP) — Public health officials in Massachusetts are reporting 10 more confirmed or probable cases of vaping-related lung illnesses.

The Department of Public Health said Wednesday the...

BOSTON (AP) — A decision on whether to lift Massachusetts' four-month ban on the sale of all vaping products has been delayed over a technicality.

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts' four-month ban on the sale of vaping products.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts health officials are reporting the state's first death from a vaping-related lung injury.

The state Department of Health said Monday it reported the death of a...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers are holding a public hearing on Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's $18 billion transportation bond bill.

Baker says the bill will support a new statewide...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island health officials have issued emergency health regulations to ban the sale of flavored vaping products in the state.

BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on a federal judge's ruling on a ban of vaping products in Massachusetts (all times local):

8:10 p.m.

A federal judge has upheld Massachusetts' four-month ban...

BOSTON (AP) — A national industry group has asked a federal judge to immediately end Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of all vaping products.

BOSTON (AP) — Three vape shops have filed a legal challenge to Massachusetts' four-month ban on the sale of all e-cigarette and vaping products.

BOSTON (AP) — Months after Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker pledged to upgrade the state's troubled foster care system, concerns remain.

The Boston Globe reports social workers face a series...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Children's Hospital has received a $100,000 grant from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to help fight adolescent vaping.

BOSTON (AP) — A gas leak forced the temporary evacuation Friday of hundreds of residents from a Massachusetts city still reeling from a destructive series of gas explosions and fires a year...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Officials say Vermont Gov. Phil Scott is exploring whether the state should institute a ban on the sale of vaping products.

BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on a ban on all vaping products in Massachusetts: (all times local):

5:05 p.m.

The Massachusetts Public Health Council has unanimously approved a four-month...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declares health emergency and calls for four-month temporary ban on all vaping products.

BOSTON (AP) — Unions representing public workers in Massachusetts will now be allowed to charge non-members costs associated with representing them through the grievance process.

BOSTON (AP) — Thousands of young climate change activists have marched and rallied in Boston as part of a global, youth-led day of environmental action.

The tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma would raise money to help clean up the opioid mess by ... selling more OxyContin.

BOSTON (AP) — The South Boston Vietnam Memorial, one of the nation's first formal memorials to Vietnam veterans, is being rededicated on its 38th anniversary.

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — An intersection in a Massachusetts city affected by a series of natural gas explosions a year ago has been dedicated in honor of the only person to die in the...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is saying he'll take his cues from the state's Cannabis Control Commission on any proposed changes to the state's marijuana law.

BOSTON (AP) — There was a time — say, back in the mid-1970s — where finding a home to buy or an apartment to rent in Massachusetts would cost far less than an arm and a leg.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — A Green Beret from Massachusetts killed during combat operations in Afghanistan has returned home.

The Republican newspaper reports the body of Master Sgt. Luis...

BOSTON (AP) — The governors of five East Coast states are urging federal regulators not to put any additional roadblocks in the way of the country's nascent offshore wind industry.

BOSTON (AP) — The governors of Massachusetts and Rhode Island are both behind a plan to bolster and speed up commuter rail service between Boston and Providence.

BOSTON (AP) — The governors of Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island and New Hampshire are planning to meet to discuss transportation issues.

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Department of Public Health report shows the number of people who have died of opioid-related overdoses fell nearly 11% in the first six months of 2019.

BOSTON (AP) — State transportation officials have signed off on weekend closures of key portions of subway lines in the fall to speed up desperately needed repairs to the aging Boston-area transit...

BOSTON (AP) — Traffic congestion in Massachusetts has reached a tipping point as the state's existing transportation infrastructure bumps up against a surging economy.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts legislators probing the state's Registry of Motor Vehicles in the aftermath of a crash that killed seven motorcyclists are growing impatient with state officials'...

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye plans to step down after Gov. Charlie Baker nominated him to the post of Bristol County Register of Probate.

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker has vetoed a bill that would allow unions representing public workers to charge non-members costs associated with representing them through the grievance...

BOSTON (AP) — If you plan on dining out during the state's sales tax holiday later this month, you'll still have to pay the 6.25 percent Massachusetts meals tax.

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Legislature has begun a summer recess without finalizing several key bills.

The House and Senate met until nearly midnight on Wednesday but never took what...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday signed an overdue $43.3 billion state budget into law, hours before a stopgap spending plan for state government was about to...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday he did not learn of problems his state's Registry of Motor Vehicles had with processing notifications sent by other states until after...

YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts' governor has announced emergency financial help for Cape Cod businesses recovering from last week's tornados.

BOSTON (AP) — For the second consecutive year, Massachusetts has racked up a sizeable year-end budget surplus.

State Revenue Commissioner Christopher Harding says a preliminary accounting of...

BOSTON (AP) — Two state lawmakers are demanding an end to most non-disclosure agreements in state government.

Democratic Sen. Diana DiZoglio and Republican Rep. Alyson Sullivan are also...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers will again attempt to hold a hearing into lapses at the state motor vehicle department exposed by a New Hampshire crash that killed seven...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' governor is proposing a new tax break to encourage companies to let their employees work from home.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday the goal is to...

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has approved legislation banning child marriage.

The state Senate unanimously approved Thursday a bill preventing persons under the age of 18 from...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker has activated the Massachusetts National Guard to help cleanup and recovery efforts in four Cape Cod communities struck by tornadoes and high winds this...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts House lawmakers have approved legislation creating a $1.3 billion fund to help local cities and towns address climate change.

HARWICH, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says he'll seek a federal disaster declaration to support cleanup and recovery efforts on Cape Cod after a tornado and high winds caused...

BOSTON (AP) — Nearly a month into the new budget year, Massachusetts is finally on track to have a spending plan in place. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker is weighing a $43.1 billion budget approved...