WESTFIELD — Legislators want Gov. Maura T. Healey to boost Hampden County’s presence on the Massachusetts Appeals Court. And ...

After voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to eliminate the requirement that high school students pass the MCAS exam in ...

A backlash to standardized tests has been fueled by complaints they take up too much classroom time and questions about how ...

After months of delay, the Legislature sent a major clean energy bill to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk amid shifting national ...

Massachusetts state officials are making a sudden U-turn, months after threatening to revoke the commercial driver’s licenses ...

The House and Senate both accepted a conference committee report that emerged Tuesday night recommending $3.96 billion in ...

The state Legislature included the proposal among hundreds of policy riders it tacked onto a nearly $4 billion economic ...

The earmarks for the tech community include $103 million for artificial intelligence projects and $40 million for a quantum ...

The U.S. Drought Monitor currently classifies just over 66% of the state as being in a severe drought covering most of the ...

Massachusetts' long-awaited clean energy bill speeds up the siting process and directs utilities to solicit at least 5,000 MW ...

If signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey, the new bill will promote energy storage and allow for longer-term contracts for ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has signed legislation allowing state residents access to follow-up breast cancer screenings ...