This year’s Question 1 would place the Legislature, as well as the governor’s office, under the state’s public records law. Massachusetts is the only state that has exempted all three branches of government from the law.

As the challenges facing immigrant communities continue to make headlines, comedian and writer Jenny Yang is taking a different approach in her nationwide stand-up tour to raise awareness of those dif...

“It’s a very difficult sell to make to anybody that the Legislature and governor shouldn’t be subject to the public records law,” said Jonathan Cohn, policy director of Progressive Massachusetts.…

A powerful El Niño is already influencing extreme weather around the planet. During the last strong El Niño, federal agencies ramped up research in the hope of improving weather forecasts. This year, they won't be matching that effort.

A newly-built ramp on Adams Street that serves as a new access-point for the Milton stop on the Mattapan hi-speed trolley line was dedicated by MBTA and local officials on Wed., Sept. 30.

States will start to pay a larger share of the bill to run the food assistance program, as federal funding for operational costs shrinks.

Paramount is eyeing an Oct. 6 closing date for the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, after a judge approved its settlement with state attorneys general.

In Iowa’s U.S. Senate race, Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson says her Democratic opponent, Josh Turek, missed 58% of floor votes in the statehouse during the 2026 session. We rated it True.

With ABC's Scrubs returning for Season 2 tonight, here's our updated preview for S02E01: "My First Time in a While" and S02E02: "My Mentee."

For all of the sound and fury legislative leaders have raised, voter support for the audit law has not budged in two years.

Senators from both parties said Wednesday they have reached a bipartisan deal on legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects that now face yearslong ...

Massachusetts veterans who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan in the U.S. War on Terror reflect on the withdrawal of American troops.

The Department of Justice filed a complaint Wednesday against federal judges in Minnesota over their remarks to the media about the pressure on their courthouse during Trump administration's immigrati...

City Councilor Kathleen Toomey has said she was not impaired when she struck a parked vehicle around midnight Sept. 2.

President Trump famously has a lot to say when he’s campaigning for Republicans on midterm ballots. Here’s a fact-checked guide to dozens of his go-to talking points.

Massachusetts officials on Wednesday released the final report from a long investigation of child sexual abuse across three Catholic Dioceses.

Ari Emanuel is the powerhouse Hollywood agent who inspired Ari Gold on HBO’s “Entourage.” In this episode of Settle In, he talks with Amna Nawaz about his new memoir, “Roll the Calls,” his childhood s...

The Boston Fire Department responded to a six-alarm fire Monday morning at the “landmark” Edison Building along Warren St. in Roxbury.

The party is spending heavily to defend GOP-heavy Texas, and Trump plans to campaign for the Republican incumbent in Ohio. They're both places Trump won easily in 2024.

The Committee for Public Counsel Services oversees the state’s public defender system. If Question 2 passes in November, its employees will be granted the ability to unionize.

What gets tested gets taught. Media literacy isn't tested in Massachusetts, so it isn't taught.