A Republican state senator backed by a coalition of gun rights advocates plans to file a suite of bills this month that ...

A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on ...

The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.

A spokesperson with Healey’s office confirmed to Boston 25 News that the state has not been conducting CORI checks, however, ...

The blue state recorded 316 'serious incident' reports at hotels, congregate sites, scattered sites and co-shelters within ...

Governor Maura Healey signed a law Wednesday that bans the sale of puppies and kittens under eight weeks old, as well as the ...

GOING LOCAL — Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House alongside a Republican-led Congress in D.C. has some ...

On Thursday, Governor Maura Healey signed a law that bans cat declawing in Massachusetts. The Animal Legal Defense Fund ...

Besides Massachusetts, currently, New York and Maryland have banned the procedure, as have jurisdictions including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Madison, West Hollywood, Austin, Denver, ...

It will soon officially be illegal to declaw a cat in Massachusetts. Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Thursday that bans ...

The Herald obtained the “Serious Incident Reports Tracker Data” through a public records request. Because the state withheld ...