The U.S. Navy's newest combat ship will be commissioned in a ceremony at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Saturday.

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

Legislators want Gov. Maura T. Healey to boost Hampden County’s presence on the Massachusetts Appeals Court. And that has nowhere to go but up, since there hasn’t been a Hampden County Associate ...

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

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 ...

Mass. State Police have released new video into an incident where a suspect reportedly threw an axe at a police cruiser ...

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

Praising his "wealth of experience in correctional management" and "forward-looking vision," Healey's office said Friday the ...

A coalition of trade union groups called Thursday on the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut to sharply ...

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

House Speaker Ron Mariano took a dim view of the possibility of top Democrats reaching compromise on hospital oversight or ...