LEGISLATION

The Senate passed a bill in April aiming to make Massachusetts a leader in the transition from carbon-emitting fuels to stop the worst effects of...

BOSTON — Farmworkers and advocates continue to wait patiently for the bill to address the issues of low wages and the lack of an overtime pay...

BOSTON — County sheriffs and district attorneys from across Massachusetts offered their support Thursday for a bill that seeks to allow residents...

WENDELL — Proposed legislation drafted by a local grassroots organization to create a “People’s Forest Bill of Rights” has stalled, at least for...

Many Western Massachusetts residents are well aware of what mud season does to dirt roads, but a proposal from area lawmakers asks the state...

BOSTON — Massachusetts is once again considering aid-in-dying bills, proposed legislation that has historically divided the state — and the country...

ATHOL — In an effort to persuade those who imbibe from tossing tiny liquor bottles onto the roadsides and elsewhere, the selectmen approved a...