Worcester MA

Massachusetts’ state spending has surged 51% since 2018, outpacing income and inflation. Taxpayers shoulder growing burden amid rising health, education, and migrant costs.

A Massachusetts lawmaker believes grocery stores have gone too far with self-checkout lanes.

BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture responded to a federal court in Rhode Island saying it will only partially fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits using its SNAP contingency fund, which...

Massachusetts will pay $6.75 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over inmate abuse by corrections officers at Souza Baranowski Correctional Center. A federal judge has approved a $6.75 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over violence against inmates at a Massachusetts maximum-security prison. On Oct....

The Massachusetts State Police spends nearly $70,000 a month on a sophisticated GPS tracking system designed to enhance accountability and public safety. But 25 Investigates discovered a loophole: hundreds of cruisers are equipped with a “kill switch” that allows the tracking to be disabled.

With 1.1 million people in the Bay State waiting for aid, Massachusetts state officials will load electronic benefit cards for SNAP recipients as soon as the federal government makes the money available, Gov. Maura Healey said Monday. "When they release the funds, the state will quickly work to load the...

MARLBOROUGH — Two city employees were honored after helping save a child’s life last month. On Oct. 15, Department of Public Works employee Anthony Zanella and Marlborough Fire Battalion Chief Brian LaCroix were going about their day when the young girl was attacked by a dog. The pair didn’t hesitate to jump in.

CLINTON — On Friday, September 26, 2025, at approximately 5:38 p.m., Officer Shane Gilman of the Clinton Police Department was dispatched to 21 Branch Street after a resident at 18 Branch Street reported that a man who did not belong there was on the property. (The account and quotations...

Massachusetts heat-pump owners will spend less to stay warm this winter, thanks to an innovative policy going into effect this weekend. The state’s three investor-owned electric utilities — Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil — are all offering lower winter rates to the roughly 100,000 households with electric heat...

Major national bank, TD Bank, is closing 51 branches nationwide, including six in Massachusetts, as the company shifts to a more digital-centric retail model. According to the Boston Business Journal, the closures are part of a broader plan to relocate 10% of the company’s locations. These upcoming closures will...