While Congress passed a bipartisan bill Thursday that will lower student loan rates for the upcoming academic year, the legislation may only be effective until the economy improves, officials said. BU...

In a 68-32 victory, the U.S Senate issued a sweeping decision Thursday in favor of an immigration reform bill that may put undocumented immigrant students at schools such as Boston University on a quicker...

Boston University School of Law professor Sean Kealy, instrumental in the creation of the “buffer zone” abortion protester law to be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court in the near future, said he...

In a major victory for gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court  issued a decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, opening the path for gay married couples to receive federal benefits...

Democrat Ed Markey edged out Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez on Tuesday to win the special election to fill Secretary of State John Kerry’s former U.S. Senate seat for Massachusetts. Markey gathered...

Even though Democratic candidate Ed Markey and Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez campaigned until the end of the day, few voters went to polls to cast ballots in the Tuesday special election to fill Secretary...

Scrambling for last minute votes, Democratic candidate Ed Markey and Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez campaigned Monday across Massachusetts seeking public support going into the June 25 special election...

Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Ed Markey went head to head on topics such as handling the conflict in Syria and cyber espionage on Wednesday  in the last of the debates with one week until the...

With two weeks left until the U.S. Senate special election for Massachusetts, Democratic candidate Ed Markey and Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez squared off on economic polices and the Keystone XL...

U.S. senatorial candidates Ed Markey and Gabriel Gomez went head to head Wednesday in the first of three televised debates leading up to the special election with the candidates disagreeing on abortion,...

With the special election for the U.S. Senate less than a month away, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino endorsed Democratic nominee Ed Markey on Friday in Dorchester. “I’ve been in office a long time,”...

Various political figures and media outlets have praised Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick’s response to the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings, leading to widespread speculation over his political future. Patrick...