BOSTON (AP) — Top Statehouse Democrats say they’re hoping to pass legislation aimed at improving natural gas infrastructure safety before the end of the year.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker filed the bill. On Monday, he met with Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Robert DeLeo ...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is listing some of his goals for the new year.

Baker told reporters this week he’s going to continue pursuing a housing agenda in 2019 if he and lawmakers can’t get a bill passed before the end of the year.

He said Massachusetts needs to build more ...

BOSTON (AP) — The state of Massachusetts is extending its electric vehicle rebate program through the middle of next year.

The administration of Gov. Charlie Baker announced the program will now run through at least June 30, thanks in part to $3 million from the Department of Energy ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker wants a judge he nominated pulled off the bench amid a federal investigation into whether she and other court staff helped a man evade immigration officials who believe he’s in the country illegally.

The Republican governor said Monday that ...

BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Surgeon General will speak at a national summit in Boston focused on police efforts to address the opioid epidemic.

Dr. Jerome Adams is among the featured speakers at the Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative’s second annual National Law Enforcement ...

BOSTON (AP) — Gold Star families will be the guests of honor at the Statehouse Christmas tree lighting.

Massachusetts families who have lost loved ones in military service are scheduled to join Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, the state’s first lady Lauren Baker and other officials for the ...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker and other top state politicians are planning to join representatives of Massachusetts’ Jewish community to light an 18-foot (5.5-meter) menorah in the Statehouse to mark the beginning of Hanukkah.

The annual ceremony is planned for Monday at 4 ...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker says the state will create a new website to track reports of hate crimes.

Baker on Monday also asked police departments across Massachusetts to designate at least one officer to coordinate the response to hate crimes within their communities. They would be ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is asking state lawmakers to require natural gas projects be reviewed by a certified professional engineer.

Baker, a Republican, said the bill filed Tuesday is in response to a recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board, ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Seven Worcester firefighters are being honored this week for bravery and heroism after rescuing people from three different house fires.

Gov. Charlie Baker is scheduled to make the presentations Tuesday morning in a statewide Firefighters of the Year ceremony at ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts in 2018 lived up to its national reputation as a solidly blue state, once again electing an all-Democratic congressional delegation with more women than ever including Ayanna Pressley, the state’s first black congresswoman-elect.

Yet the runaway re-election of ...

LYNN, Mass. (AP) — Officials in Massachusetts say they plan to turn a 125-year-old armory in Lynn into housing for veterans.

Ownership of the historic building was transferred from the state to the nonprofit Lynn Housing Authority & Neighborhood Development in August. The Lynn Daily ...

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — The utility behind the natural gas explosions in Massachusetts in September is planning to provide 20,000 hot Thanksgiving dinners to residents who have still not returned to their homes.

Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera says meals provided by Columbia Gas will be served at ...

BOSTON (AP) — A new state program seeks to lower rates of substance abuse among young Native Americans in Massachusetts.

The state Department of Public Health says the $1.2 million, federally-funded initiative was launched as a result of recommendations from an opioid working group formed ...

BOSTON (AP) — A new state law encourages civics education in public schools with the goal of giving students a better understanding of how the nation’s political system works and their place in it.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker was joined by Democratic legislative leaders as he signed the ...

BOSTON (AP) — Candidates for a slew of statewide offices are going to be crisscrossing Massachusetts in a final push for votes.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Geoff Diehl will be joining supporters at rallies planned Saturday in Fitchburg and Worcester.

Incumbent Democratic U.S. ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s statement that he wants to order an end to the constitutional right to citizenship for babies born in the United States to non-citizens.

A spokesman for the Republican governor said Tuesday that ...

BOSTON (AP) — The final debate in the Massachusetts governor’s race is on tap.

Republican incumbent Gov. Charlie Baker will face off against his Democratic challenger, Jay Gonzalez, a top budget official in the administration of former Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick.

The debate is ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has announced an additional $40 million in funding to cities and towns across the state for road construction and transportation improvement projects.

The money was included in a supplemental budget signed by Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday and brings the total of ...

BOSTON (AP) — A new state law is designed to help public schools screen students for dyslexia and help them overcome the reading disorder.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has signed into law the bill that requires state education officials to draw up guidelines for helping school districts ...

BOSTON (AP) — The state attorney general’s office will review a state report that alleged fired Environmental Police Col. James McGinn fixed a pair of tickets and used state funds to spy on other officers.

A spokeswoman for the office tells

BOSTON (AP) — Incumbency has its benefits — chief among them the ability to raise money hand over fist compared to the competition.

That political truism can be seen in stark relief this election cycle from Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill, where those already in power have demonstrated the ...

BOSTON (AP) — The head of the Massachusetts Environmental Police has been fired.

The Boston Globe reported Col. James McGinn was let go Friday.

The Globe ...

BOSTON (AP) — Pharmacies across Massachusetts can now dispense drug overdose reversal medication without a prescription.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday the state Department of Public Health has issued a statewide standing order for the distribution of naloxone, which is also known ...

BOSTON (AP) — Debate season is heating up in Massachusetts as Election Day approaches.

On Wednesday, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and his Democratic challenger, former state Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez, will square off in the second of three scheduled ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts residents who want to cast ballots in this year’s election have until Wednesday to register to vote, if they haven’t already done so.

Residents can register at their local city and town clerk’s offices or online at the secretary of state’s

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency is sending a team to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle and neighboring states.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker says the three-member emergency operations unit will leave ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is calling on the mayor of Fall River to step aside after he was charged with using investments in a company he formed as his “own personal ATM” to enjoy casinos, adult entertainment, buy a Mercedes, and pay student loan debt.

A spokesman for ...

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts State Police say they’re backing off from efforts to destroy years of audit and payroll records.

State police last month sent the secretary of state’s office a request to allow for the destruction of 12 boxes of records — including detail assignment and ...

BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker says a recent analysis by an independent state agency has convinced him to vote against a proposal that would require strict nurse-to-patient ratios in Massachusetts hospitals.

The study by the Health Policy Commission estimated the cost of ...

BOSTON (AP) — Democratic candidate for governor Jay Gonzalez will receive about $542,000 in matching public funds for the remainder of his general election campaign.

Under Massachusetts’ public financing law, statewide candidates who agree to a campaign spending cap can receive matching ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and his Democratic challenger, Jay Gonzalez, sparred on everything from public transportation and taxes to abortion rights and criminal justice as they squared off for their first debate before next month’s election.

Gonzalez ...

BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and his Democratic challenger, Jay Gonzalez, are preparing to square off in their first debate of the fall campaign.

The one-hour debate is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday at the WBZ-TV studios in Boston. It will be moderated by WBZ political ...

BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and his Democratic challenger, Jay Gonzalez, are preparing to square off in their first debate of the fall campaign.

The one-hour debate is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the WBZ-TV studios in Boston. It will be moderated by WBZ political analyst Jon ...

BOSTON (AP) — When General Electric announced in January 2016 that it was moving its headquarters from Connecticut to Boston, it was hailed as a major coup not just for the city but for Gov. Charlie Baker, in office just a year.

The Republican governor had teamed with Democratic Boston ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The governor of Massachusetts has announced a $2.5 million grant will go toward the restoration of a historic Springfield theater.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced the grant inside the Paramount Theater foyer Wednesday, which will go toward the planned $41 ...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker says he’s not too concerned with news that General Electric has ousted its CEO, taken a $23 billion charge and said it would fall short of profit forecasts.

The Massachusetts Republican said Monday the company, which he helped lure to Boston in 2016, is ...

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A $1 million emergency loan fund has been set up for Massachusetts businesses directly impacted by a series of natural gas explosions and fires.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and officials from Lawrence, Andover and North Andover announced the fund on ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ Republican governor calls the accusations made by women against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “sickening” and deserving of an “independent investigation.”

Charlie Baker also said Thursday on Twitter that there should be no vote taken in the U.S. ...

BOSTON (AP) — A former deputy superintendent of the New Jersey State Police has taken over as interim head of the Massachusetts’ casino regulatory agency following the abrupt resignation of its longtime chairman.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday selected Commissioner Gayle ...

BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s Democratic challenger said Wednesday the incumbent should adopt a “sense of urgency” and fire the head of the Massachusetts State Police and his secretary of public safety in the wake of the overtime abuse scandal that has shaken the state’s top law ...