Prior to the announcement, Massachusetts was one of just three states, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, without a poet ...

A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House ...

Massachusetts was one of only three states without a poet laureate, according to the Library of Congress, joined by New ...

Staffers at Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children are calling on Maura Healey to visit their Canton facility after the ...

The candy tax Healey is proposing is part of her $62 billion budget that she filed with the Legislature last week.

Boston kicked off Black History Month celebrations on Monday with prayer, song, powerful speeches, and a call to action.

The Holyoke Police Department and the Hampden DA’s office are two of 18 recipients of the first funds awarded in Massachusetts through the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program.

“Responding to the complex issue of gun violence ... gun deaths,” said Governor Maura Healey. “Preventing gun violence is critical to ensuring the safety of Massachusetts communities.

Gov. Maura Healey’s top housing deputy met privately with Democratic senators on Wednesday to discuss funding for the ...

State officials have awarded more than $2 million in federal funding to help local police departments and state agencies ...

Maura Healey, assuming she ... of thousands of migrants to Massachusetts at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to the state. And recently, the governor has had to crack down on security ...

"“I think that the state of Massachusetts would be best served by someone who isn’t an extreme person on the right or the ...