Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka unveiled a bill Thursday mandating employers to offer paid leave to healthcare ...

As Waymo tests its autonomous vehicles in Boston, there’s debate about whether the cars can navigate city's unique conditions ...

As the Trump administration plans to roll back or delay federal limits for PFAS in drinking water, environmental groups in ...

A retired Brown University professor says the Trump administration is weakening a system that relies on subject-matter ...

Alison Kuznitz is a reporter for State House News Service, a Massachusetts wire service that’s offered accounts on the activities of state government since 1894. Gov. Maura Healey signed the $63.4 ...

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If you leave with one thing today, I hope it’s a better appreciation for lamprey and their role in what they do in their ...

Roughly 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston walked to the picket line early Wednesday morning in what the union says is the largest nurses strike in Massachusetts history. Nurses at ...

Incumbent U.S. Senator Ed Markey and his challenger Rep. Seth Moulton are separated by single digits in the Democratic primary race, according to recent polling. The two candidates met on a debate ...

A healthcare worker checks the heart rate of a Massachusetts nursing home resident. The state's need for nurses is the highest in nursing homes. With only an English proficiency test left to complete ...

The behind-the-scenes scramble to replace Graham Platner has begun less than one day after new accusations appear to have sunk the progressive Democrat’s meteoric campaign for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat ...