BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled a plan Tuesday to speed up construction projects on Greater Boston's public transit system after a pair of subway car derailments earlier this month...

BOSTON (AP) — Negotiations between Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers over differences in a proposed $42.7 billion state budget likely won't wrap up in time to have the spending plan in...

GREENFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has extended the deadline for public comment on changes to regulations for using fuel from felled trees as a source of...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts officials are expanding an early college initiative that allows thousands of students to study and earn college credits before they even graduate high...

BOSTON (AP) — Activists on both sides of the abortion issue are expected to converge on the Massachusetts Statehouse for a public hearing on bills aimed at expanding or restricting abortion...

BOSTON (AP) — Hundreds have gathered in Boston to celebrate the opening of a park named in honor of the youngest victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a bill delaying by three months the start of a payroll tax on businesses to pay for the state's new paid family and medical leave program.

BOSTON (AP) — Frustrated by the lack of progress on legislation to revamp Massachusetts' education funding, advocates raised the stakes Thursday by asking a court to declare that students in...

BOSTON (AP) — Beacon Hill's top political leaders say they've agreed to delay by three months a requirement that Massachusetts businesses begin contributing to the state's new paid family and...

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Legislature may renew a longstanding debate over whether the state should move to a graduated income tax.

A proposal that would allow higher levels of income...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Senate is backing legislation to authorize a pilot program to attempt to establish supervised injection sites for drug users.

BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a bill providing $200 million to cities and towns for local infrastructure projects.

BOSTON (AP) — State budget negotiations are about to get started at the Massachusetts Statehouse.

A House-Senate conference committee is expected to begin closed-door talks on a final...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has re-filed legislation aimed at toughening penalties for child rapists.

The Republican governor pointed to the case of Wayne Chapman, a...

BOSTON (AP) — How best to legalize sports betting in Massachusetts will be the focus of a pair of hearings at the Statehouse this week as lawmakers work to tackle the latest shift in the state's...

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has wrapped up debate on a proposed $42.7 billion annual state budget.

The 40-member chamber worked its way through the last of the amendments to the...

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate is entering the third day of debate on a proposed $42.7 billion annual state budget.

The 40-member chamber is working its way through the last of the...

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate is continuing to debate its version of a proposed $42.7 billion annual state budget.

The 40-member chamber spent Tuesday plowing through hundreds of...

BOSTON (AP) — By nearly any measure, the Massachusetts economy is booming. Thousands of jobs are being created and unemployment is at historic lows.

BOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts in a ruling released Thursday said a convicted child rapist in his 70s can no longer remain civilly committed because two mental health...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh are planning to meet with a top Trump administration official during a two-day trip to Washington to call for...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is urging lawmakers to make it easier for cities and towns to approve new housing developments.

Baker testified Tuesday before the Legislature's housing...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh are heading to Washington this week to meet with members of the Trump administration to discuss investments in infrastructure and...

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts mayor is rallying services to assist about 150 employees of a fish processing company that abruptly closed.

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is urging the graduating class of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst to find a purpose in life and pursue it — whether that is marriage, friendship, work,...

ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Three Massachusetts communities affected by a series of natural gas explosions last September have reached a settlement with the utility blamed for the disaster for...

BOSTON (AP) — After several years of discussion, legislation to ban motorists in Massachusetts from using hand-held cellphones while driving appears to be gaining momentum at the...

BOSTON (AP) — Less than two weeks after the House signed off on a nearly $43 billion state budget, a key Senate panel is ready to weigh in on plans for spending in the next fiscal year.

BOSTON (AP) — The former head of the Massachusetts Environmental Police, who was fired for allegedly fixing two traffic tickets, says he was ousted in retaliation for reporting misconduct in the...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is urging lawmakers to revisit legislation that would let state and municipal law enforcement officers hold "violent and dangerous criminals" who...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matt Beaton is stepping down after more than five years in the post.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts on Thursday became the latest state to repeal rules that deny additional welfare benefits for children born into families that already receive assistance from the...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is backing a plan to create a central location at Logan International Airport where ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft can pick up and drop off...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts commuters are increasingly fed up with traffic congestion and transit delays, so much so that some are considering changing jobs or leaving the region altogether,...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is urging members of Congress to give special counsel Robert Mueller a chance to testify on Capitol Hill before deciding whether to impeach President...

BOSTON (AP) — Thousands of foster children in Massachusetts are struggling to succeed in the classroom, according to a study that lays much of the blame on financial constraints and bureaucratic...

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker will deliver the keynote commencement speech next month at the University of Massachusetts' flagship campus in Amherst.

BOSTON (AP) — A proposed tax on manufacturers of opioid medications sold in Massachusetts may yet be debated by state lawmakers.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker originally asked for the 15...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker's administration is increasing the amount of funding available to help low-income residents pay their heating bills.

BOSTON (AP) — A $42.7 billion state budget unveiled by House Democratic leaders on Wednesday proposes additional spending on education but pumps the brakes on calls for new taxes and the...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a bill banning LGBTQ conversion therapy for minors, which critics decry as a harmful and medically discredited attempt to change a...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker has vetoed a bill that would abolish a Massachusetts rule denying additional welfare benefits to children born into families already receiving public...

BOSTON (AP) — Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito has raised more than twice as much in campaign donations during the first three months of the year compared to Gov. Charlie Baker.

BOSTON (AP) — Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins does not appear to be backing off her criticism of Republican Gov. Charlie Baker despite what the governor called a "constructive and...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts officials have launched a new effort to educate motorists about distracted driving.

The campaign announced by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's administration...

BOSTON (AP) — The thorny question of abortion rights is again taking center stage on Beacon Hill and putting some top officials in an uncomfortable spot, chief among them Gov. Charlie...

BOSTON (AP) — Activists are hoping to persuade Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and state lawmakers to allow drug user to shoot up at supervised injection sites in Massachusetts.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts, led by a Republican governor, has become the first state to approve money to offset the potential loss of federal funding to women's reproductive health organizations...