Energy, interior chiefs talk up offshore wind power plans
BOSTON — Unveiled in Charlestown on Friday, an updated federal strategy for offshore wind development aims to develop 86,000 megawatts of power…
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BOSTON — Unveiled in Charlestown on Friday, an updated federal strategy for offshore wind development aims to develop 86,000 megawatts of power…
Gov. Charlie Baker voted in Swampscott in the state primaries on Thursday morning before traveling to New York City to take part…
CAMBRIDGE — Rep. Tim Toomey of Cambridge announced Thursday night that he lost his Democratic primary to challenger Mike Connolly. In Lawrence, political…
STATE HOUSE — Spending on health care in Massachusetts rose to $57.2 billion in 2015, growing more slowly than in 2014 but…
Libertarian vice presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld will return to Boston Thursday to address students at Emerson College. The…
BOSTON — Compliance with federal rules barring discrimination in college athletics presents some challenges at University of Massachusetts campuses, some of which are…
STATE HOUSE — The combination of no marquee statewide races fueling voter enthusiasm and scant competition for the scores of local elected offices…
BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker's influence on the Supreme Judicial Court was seen for the first time Tuesday as the court…
STATE HOUSE — Massachusetts Comptroller Thomas Shack is poised to give anyone interested the opportunity to take a closer look at the digital…
BOSTON — Disturbed by recent arrests involving Uber drivers accused of assaulting passengers, Sen. Linda Dorcena-Forry, who backed an unsuccessful effort to…
After weeks of vocal appeals to Gov. Charlie Baker, the union representing laid-off MBTA janitors has seized on a new target…
BOSTON — The list of guests invited to the July 3 bash thrown by two top Department of Conservation and Recreation officials using…
STATE HOUSE — A fundraising appeal from the marijuana legalization campaign has drawn the ire of health care professionals and parents of children…
STATE HOUSE — With new regulations on overtime for personal care attendants now in effect, advocates gathered outside Gov. Charlie Baker's…
A Republican group is calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to fire two employees who used state resources to throw a private party…
STATE HOUSE — When a transgender rights law kicks into effect Oct. 1 businesses should presume people are using the appropriate bathroom, but…
STATE HOUSE — Less than a month after Gov. Charlie Baker signed significant new clean energy legislation, 29 candidates for state office – including…
WBUR and The Boston Globe are teaming up with UMass-Boston to host a series of live debates starting in September to…