Chris Lisinski/SHNS The federal government is revving up to redistribute some unspent rental aid it steered to states during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Massachusetts hopes to...
By Meg McIntyre Special to the State House News Service Earlier this year, Fall River firefighters responded to the scene of an opioid overdose. As they...
By Matt Murphy State House News Service Despite the Legislature in 2021 increasing cash assistance benefits for the first time in more than 20 years, legislators...
By Matt Murphy State House News Service Despite the Legislature in 2021 increasing cash assistance benefits for the first time in more than 20 years, legislators...
By Katie Lannan State House News Service Hospital leaders sounded an alarm Wednesday about the workforce challenges plaguing them as they continue to grapple with the...
By Matt Murphy Voting rights advocates are pushing for a new majority-Black Senate district in Boston and as many as nine new majority-minority districts in the...
Michael P. Norton In 2017, the trade association representing doctors in Massachusetts became the first in the United States to express support for supervised drug consumption...
Katie Lannan/SHNS Members of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education signed off Tuesday on salary increases for Commissioner Jeff Riley, setting him up to...
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service SEPT. 23, 2021…..For supporters of a comprehensive sexual health education curriculum who have never found a receptive audience in...
By Matt Murphy With migrants, many seeking refuge from Haiti, flocking to the southern border to gain entry to the United States, Gov. Charlie Baker has...
