Last week, the M as sachusetts Supreme Judicial Court enacted the Lavallee Protocol, which requires poor criminal defendants to be released if they have not had an appointed attorney for more than ...

Healey's last official act was to sign the $60.9 billion state budget for Fiscal Fear 2026 into law on Friday and attend the ...

Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a dispute over pay for ...

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This Independence Day may feel different for many Americans. Around the country, there are protests planned against Trump’s ...

Four people are set to appear in a London courtroom over charges connected to an incident involving damage to Royal Air Force ...

Massachusetts lawmakers sent a $61 billion budget to Gov. Maura Healey Monday that requires residential brokers’ fees to be covered by the party that enlists those services and boosts the ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Saturday that she was “horrified” to learn of the “targeted” shootings of two Democratic state lawmakers from Minnesota. “Lawmakers and their loved ...

☀️Another hot and sunny day, with highs in the 80s. Sunset is at 8:22 p.m. After some confusion over an interview at the Boston Globe’s Tech Innovation Summit, Gov. Maura Healey said she still ...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has taken a similarly combative stance in response to recent ICE operations in Boston and beyond. The first-term Democrat struck a particularly tender nerve when she described ...

His arrest triggered protests and walkouts at his high school. He was released Thursday. “I’m relieved that Marcelo will be returning home,” said Healey in a statement.