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STATE HOUSE — Massachusetts voters in 2018 will be asked whether the state should keep or repeal the new state law aimed at preventing discrimination against transgender individuals in public accommodations, as activists submitted enough signatures to secure a place on the ballot, the secretary of state's office said
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STATE HOUSE — A gun owners group on Tuesday pressed Gov. Charlie Baker to rescind his nomination of one of Attorney General Maura Healey's top lieutenants to the Superior Court, arguing he is unfit to be a judge if he had any involvement in Healey's heightened enforcement
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STATE HOUSE — The parenting rights of a mother in a same-sex relationship extend even when the couple is unmarried and the mother has no biological connection to the children, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday. In a decision written by Justice Barbara Lenk, the Supreme Judicial Court overturned
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STATE HOUSE — Though legislation to strip Attorney General Maura Healey of her power to regulate firearms — filed in response to her heightened enforcement of the state's assault weapons ban — did not gain traction in the final days of formal legislative sessions this summer, at least one lawmaker is
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BOSTON, SEPT. 29. 2016……As the Red Sox make their way into the postseason as division champions, fans making their way to Fenway Park could soon be doing so by walking across the David Ortiz 'Big Papi' Bridge. Legislation attached to a spending bill now before the state
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BOSTON — High-profile ballot questions that would authorize additional charter schools and legalize the adult use of marijuana have similar levels of "strong support" among likely Massachusetts voters but are backed by "somewhat opposite groups," a new poll found. Question 2, which would allow state education officials
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BOSTON — Activists working to derail the new state law aimed at preventing discrimination against transgender individuals in public accommodations say volunteers have already gathered enough signatures to place a repeal measure on the 2018 ballot. The ballot question committee Keep MA Safe reported Wednesday that local clerks have certified nearly
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MALDEN, MASS. — Massachusetts education officials plan to decide over the next year or so whether to shift the 10th grade standardized test that serves as a graduation requirement into the 11th grade or potentially add an 11th grade test. After a discussion at a Board of Elementary and Secondary Education