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By Chris Lisinski

BOSTON — This week’s dismal weather forecast might actually have a silver lining for some restaurateurs.After nearly four years with a streamlined system in place to permit outdoor dining and permission to sell takeout alcoholic drinks, both practices...

By Chris Lisinski

BOSTON — Pitching it as “the best way to honor” military members who died in the line of duty, Gov. Maura Healey and the state’s top veteran services official urged lawmakers this week to overhaul a wide range of services and benefits for Bay State...

By Chris Lisinski

BOSTON—Nearly 4,000 criminal cases that were delayed during the pandemic are still awaiting trial as Massachusetts courts work through a sizable backlog, judiciary officials said Tuesday.Trial Court Chief Justice Jeffrey Locke said the volume of...

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 Chris Lisinski

Bay State businesses are feeling a summertime dash of sunshine.A monthly survey of Massachusetts employers tilted into optimistic territory in July after two months of slightly pessimistic forecasts, reflecting a humming state economy and increasing...

By Chris Lisinski

Veteran Sen. Anne Gobi will leave the Legislature to become the state’s first director of rural affairs, a newly created post in the Healey administration.Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that she tapped the Spencer Democrat will serve “as a...

By Chris Lisinski

BOSTON — It can be difficult to grasp all at once a sense of how dramatically the world seemed to change in March 2020.Now that the public health emergency order in Massachusetts has ended, as of Thursday, state health officials say the road out of...