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By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — With Gov. Maura Healey’s emergency shelter capacity limit about to take effect, House and Senate Democrats are not signaling any broader plans to step in and demand a different approach to helping families in need.A day after a Superior Court...

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON—A Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request to put a temporary hold on the Healey administration’s plan to cap the number of families in the state’s strained emergency shelter system.The decision followed an emergency court hearing on...

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday unveiled an overhaul of the guidelines she will consider for pardon and commutation applications, which her office said “explicitly outline” for the first time how a governor will deploy executive clemency as a...

By COLIN YOUNG

BOSTON — With the state’s emergency assistance shelter system expected to “imminently” hit the 7,500-family cap that Gov. Maura Healey has said it is subject to, housing vouchers are being extended to 1,200 families and Emergency Assistance Director...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON—Gov. Maura Healey thinks changes need to be made to the Mass Save program that conducts home energy assessments and offers rebates to help Bay State residents save money on energy bills.Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer wrote in a report released...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Two of the state’s top elected officials are encouraging colleges and universities in Massachusetts to find new approaches to “advance diversity, break down barriers, and increase access for historically underrepresented groups” in light of...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Massachusetts continued to record more births than deaths from July 2021 to July 2022 even though the state’s total population shrunk in that span, suggesting that residents decamping to other locales is the primary driver of a trend that has ramped...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

Former Gov. Charlie Baker has staked a claim in the ongoing race for Anne Gobi’s former Senate seat.Baker, who now leads the NCAA, endorsed fellow Republican Rep. Peter Durant of Spencer on Monday, just over two weeks ahead of the Nov. 7 special...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — Grieving family members who have watched the agonizing, slow deaths of their loved ones clashed Friday with members of the disability community and conservative groups over the prospect of legalizing medical aid in dying, resurfacing...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Framing her new legislation as “historic” and “urgent,” Gov. Maura Healey detailed a wide-ranging $4 billion-plus housing bill Wednesday at several stops throughout the state, including Springfield, and speculated that its passage could...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

People could be paid to act as caregivers to spouses with disabilities under proposals promoted at a legislative hearing Monday to address the state’s shortage of personal care attendants.A slew of family members — including children, grandparents,...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — Drivers who fail to slow down and change lanes to accommodate stopped first responders or tow truck drivers on roadways could face stiffer penalties under legislation backed by the State Police Association of Massachusetts (SPAM), as well as...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — As the state moves into a “new phase” of its ongoing emergency shelter crisis, Gov. Maura Healey is turning to a Southampton resident for help.The governor announced Monday that she has appointed Lt. Gen. Leon Scott Rice, former director of...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — Opportunities for prospective homebuyers were squeezed even further last month as scant inventory, high interest rates and record-high prices conspired to push Massachusetts single-family home sales to a 13-year low for the month of...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON—In a bid to expand reproductive health care access, Massachusetts public health officials have agreed to allow pharmacists to dispense hormonal contraceptives directly to patients.The state Public Health Council last Wednesday approved on an...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — Arts and culture institutions that want to make their programs more accessible for people with disabilities, but are hamstrung by a lack of financial resources called on state lawmakers Tuesday to create a grant program to address the funding...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Bay Staters of all stripes finally got the chance Tuesday to tell a panel of state representatives how they feel about a proposed overhaul of the state’s gun laws, and they poured out hours of impassioned commentary that sets the stage for a...

By Chris Lisinski

BOSTON — Pointing to a shooting in Holyoke last week that left a pregnant mother critically injured and killed her baby, House Democrats have resurrected their campaign to overhaul the state’s firearms laws, rolling out a redrafted bill that...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON—With peak season for respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID-19 approaching, the Department of Public Health on Thursday launched a refreshed dashboard to track trends and provide the public with helpful information focused on COVID-19,...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — Massachusetts could have led the nation in banning disposable food containers made from polystyrene a decade ago, a leader of an environmental advocacy group said Thursday as she pitched legislation that has instead stalled on Beacon...