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

Procession kicks off from Boston City Hall Plaza at 9 a.m. and meanders to the Old State House for the annual reading of the ...

Gov. Maura Healey is out of town this week after quickly signing the yearly budget into law Friday and making clear she was ...

Gov. Maura Healey approved a $5 million legal defense fund for immigrants as part of the fiscal year 2026 state budget she ...

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 ...

Gov. Maura Healey said her budget office is ready to slash millions in legislative earmarks for local projects and will seek the extraordinary power to cut spending across ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

The Rev. Diane Badger, the administrator of the American Baptist Church of Massachusetts who oversees the archive, teamed up ...

With the state facing a hazy fiscal future, Healey also asked lawmakers to give her the expanded power to cut across state ...

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

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 ...

Late last week, as you were getting ready to pack the car and head for the beach, the Healey administration announced that it had awarded $2 million in grants to 59 organizations across the state to ...