BOSTON - A new year brings change, and new laws will be going into effect in Massachusetts for 2025. From salary transparency ...

State lawmakers have adjourned until the new session--let's dive into the major policies they passed into law this year.

From the mysterious East, now comes Carrnac the Magnificent with his infallible prognostications for the New Year. The ...

For the first time in more than 20 years, trains in the MBTA can run at full speed throughout the entire subway system. Officials celebrated the elimination of the last slow zones — areas where wear ...

Massachusetts lawmakers are set to trudge back to Beacon Hill on Wednesday morning after ringing in the new year to kick off ...

Many of the laws passed by the Massachusetts Legislature and signed by Gov. Maura Healey in 2024 have already kicked in. But ...

The legislative potpourri included a swath of hyper-local bills, animal-focused legislation, and an 11th-hour bid to prevent ...

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Legislature approved a bill Monday aimed at closing loopholes in the state's health care market regulatory process exposed by the collapse of Steward Health Care.

State health care regulators are a signature away from gaining heightened oversight and enforcement authority over private ...

The change could help ease rampant staffing shortages, but the state’s nurses union fears it might also be a short-term fix ...

The state continued to grapple with an influx of asylum seekers for much of the year, which followed a surge of immigration ...

Patients would pay no more than $25 for certain name-brand medications to treat chronic illnesses, including insulin for ...