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Plans to change the state flag of Massachusetts are suddenly a topic in the governor's race.

It is difficult to overstate Market Basket’s place in local hearts and minds, with more than 90 stores and 30,000 employees stretched across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island. It has a big-market feel (and $8 billion in annual sales) with a decidedly small-town, regional accent. U.S. Rep....

Boston – A 75-year-old man from Rhode Island was handed a federal prison sentence yesterday in Boston for his involvement in laundering over $35 million from online scams. According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, Craig Clayton, from Cranston, R.I., received a four-year incarceration term from U.S....

The new law requires many Massachusetts employers to list salary ranges in job postings. On Oct. 29, Massachusetts will require employers to disclose wage ranges for job postings to applicants and current employees upon request. The new law is titled “An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency” and aims to reduce...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has stepped forward with the nomination of three seasoned attorneys for the roles of Associate Justices of the District Court: Tonomey Coleman, Mark Fabiano, and Becky Michaels. Their nominations were announced Tuesday with the expectation to bring their extensive legal experience...

Massachusetts has ranked among the worst states in the country for homelessness, according to federal data. Massachusetts had the fifth-largest homeless population in the country as of January 2024, when the last official count was conducted, according to a new list compiled by Visual Capitalist using data from the...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A new Massachusetts license plate will honor a special kind of first responder. The new plates are a tribute to police dogs and their officers. “These are humans behind these dogs, there are humans behind the badges they wear, and they’re susceptible to a lot of things and the sacrifices they give,”...

Seven men from Massachusetts have been indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap and torture a man earlier this year, in what prosecutors are calling a "barbaric" case of violence and extortion. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, the defendants, including...

As Amari Pocknett plans her classes for next semester at Cape Cod Community College, her choices aren’t dependent on which ones are the most interesting to her or what required courses she needs to take. Instead, as the state quietly reduces its need-based stipends for students like Pocknett, she...

Legally the state of Massachusetts requires drivers to report to authorities if they hit one of four specific animals