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Highway rest stop plaza controversy in Massachusetts has local company crying foul
A local company that lost its bid to take over 18 highway service plazas in Massachusetts says the fight is not over.
Man dies after Massachusetts ‘firework incident’ on July 4th
A 70-year-old man died following a “firework incident” in the Bay State on the Fourth of July, according to officials. The ...
Tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents lose power after thunderstorms
Tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents lost power after thunderstorms moved through the region on Thursday night.
Massachusetts food banks worried about cuts to SNAP due to President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"
The president's budget bill was six months in the making and a major legislative win from Republicans and the White House but ...
Massachusetts passes first on-time budget in nearly a decade, includes fare-free transit and end to broker fees
The proposal represents a deal between House and Senate leaders that slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in spending from ...
Massachusetts residents spend July 4 cleaning up storm damage
Some people on the South Coast spent the holiday cleaning up from a short, but powerful storm that blew through last night.
Hundreds of Massachusetts criminal cases could be dropped, indigent defendants released amid defense attorney work stoppage
Bar advocates, who provide representation for most of the state's indigent defendants, stopped work in May to fight for ...
Massachusetts advocates fear Trump’s bill will unravel health safety net in Obamacare’s model state
In the state that served as the model for Obamacare, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is ...
Heat advisory affecting 9 Massachusetts counties Sunday and Monday
At 12:43 p.m. on Friday, the National Weather Service released a heat advisory valid from Sunday 7 a.m. until Monday 8 p.m.
Massachusetts public schools guilty of ‘rampant antisemitic abuse,’ according to complaint
The school district “knowingly allowed its schools to become a hostile environment for Jewish students, and it has failed to ...
Howie Carr: After second Karen Read trial, everyone sees the cop corruption in Massachusetts
It’s gotten at least a little more difficult to be a corrupt cop in Massachusetts these days. That’s the takeaway from the ...