Major crimes like murder and armed robbery are down in Massachusetts, according to a preliminary state analysis. But hate ...

Governor Healey signs a $60.9 billion budget for Massachusetts, underscoring fiscal responsibility and service protection.

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced this past week the league will expand to 18 teams with the additions/returns of ...

The Legislature this week agreed to use nearly $500 million in surtax revenue to deliver a major boost to K-12 school funding, a move that some see as fulfilling the voter-approved mission of the ...

One influential small business industry group remains unhappy with a new mandatory retirement program the Legislature included in the state budget it passed Monday, slamming it as an ...

There are currently 11 vacant council-owned properties in Killarney Municipal District. Kerry County Council data indicates ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

After the U.S. House vote to pass sprawling legislation that extends tax breaks and cuts social services spending in a nod to President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda, reaction poured ...

The state's fiscal 2026 budget calls for a commission to investigate crumbling home foundations owing to pyrrhotite and ...

While Massachusetts prepares to debate a small fraction of proposed housing reforms, states across the country are already implementing many of those same ideas.