Dozens of Tennessee children, some as young as 11, have been taken into custody in recent weeks over school threats.

With a new speaker expected soon, both the state House and Senate can change how business is conducted to create more ...

This article contains a description of domestic violence. A massive days-long search effort in Springfield earlier this month drew dozens of volunteers, helicopters and even civilian drones while the ...

"This is one of the areas that we really need to be serving, and it bothers me that we can't. So I want to see what I can do ...

Kids in Massachusetts, and nationwide, are behind on reading.In her State of the Commonwealth address at the beginning of ...

The commission was established in a supplemental budget passed in April that added $251M into the shelter system and established shelter time limits.

Members of the city’s parking and traffic commission, including a firefighter and a police officer, are expressing concerns ...

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris warned recently of her GOP rival’s plans to enact mass ...

Following a yearlong collaboration between Lowell Public Schools and the city, the school district is on track to receive nearly $20 million from state and federal agencies to improve the ...

As one of the oldest states in the country, Massachusetts is filled with rich history. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by a group of Puritan refugees from England led by John Winthrop ...

The Northampton Board of Health held a meeting on Thursday discussing the “Nicotine Free Generation” ordinance, which would ...

As legislators ponder how to pay for billions of dollars’ worth of road and bridge maintenance, not to mention public transit systems across the state, experts tell them there’s no shortcuts. “There’s ...