By Colin A. Young State House News Service OCT. 25, 2021…..Acknowledging that the opioid epidemic that was raging before the COVID-19 pandemic has only become a...
MALDEN – Today, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced that after consulting with medical experts and state health officials, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner...
By Michael P. Norton State House News Service OCT. 25, 2021…..Low- and middle-income workers who provided critical services during the pandemic would receive a total of...
Today, Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy were joined by state and local officials from Lowell to...
By Matt Murphy Former Gov. Deval Patrick tried repeatedly without success to tax soda and voters in 2010 rejected higher taxes on alcohol, but supporters of...
Massachusetts State Police Troopers that are not vaccinated have begun receiving letters from the Baker Administration. According to a press release from Mike Cherven, President of...
By Chris Lisinski The statewide unemployment rate rose from 5 percent to 5.2 percent in September, while employers reported adding 11,900 jobs across Massachusetts last month,...
By Colin A. Young The fine details are still being worked out, but the Baker administration expects there will be about 700 locations across the state...
By Chris Van Buskirk Renters and housing advocates rallied outside the state capitol Thursday, urging the Legislature to restore a temporary ban on evictions that expired...
Colin A. Young/SHNS Anticipating that kids between the ages of 5 and 11 could become eligible for vaccination against COVID-19 as soon as early November, the...