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

Only two states have meaningful safeguards barring the transfer of undocumented people to ICE. Expect "shock and awe," warned ...

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 ...

Littoral combat ships like Nantucket will be equipped with Over the Horizon – Weapons System (OTH-WS) Naval Strike Missile ...

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 ...

Maura Healey’s desk amid shifting national energy policy dynamics ... necessary clean energy policy to fight the negative ...

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

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

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