The vote comes ahead of an expected Trump administration pivot to fossil fuels. States will likely become the battlegrounds ...

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators votes on roll calls from the week of Nov. 11-15. $3.9 ...

The city’s status, established under the Boston Trust Act passed in 2014, means Boston Police and other city departments can refrain from helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detain ...

Herlda Senhouse, Massachusetts' oldest resident at 113, passed away peacefully. Known for her activism, she leaves a legacy ...

Having cautioned last year that she would consider how “constitutional limitations” affect the voter law giving Auditor Diana ...

House Speaker Ron Mariano took a dim view of the possibility of top Democrats reaching compromise on hospital oversight or prescription drug reform bills approved this session by ...

Democrats are wrestling with the role the party’s broad support for transgender rights played in its failure to capture the ...

The winter season is soon approaching, and with it, the annual PSAs about the dangers of an “invisible killer” — a colorless, ...

The second-oldest person in the United States has died at age 113. Officials in Wellsley, Massachusetts, say Herlda Senhouse died in her sleep Saturday. Senhouse was born in 1911. She ...

As state, county and city law enforcement leaders evaluate their legal options to refuse assistance — or offer it — to federal agents, competing tactics could emerge. And immigration advocates warn ...

Sheriff Paul Heroux unveiled the repurposed former ICE Detention Center building, saying it won't be used to hold federal immigration detainees.

After voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to eliminate the requirement that high school students pass the MCAS exam in order to receive a diploma, the question of whether ...