State House lawmakers are beginning to look ahead at what next year will bring with impending budget talks and the implementation of the freshly minted casino legislation. The Massachusetts Legislature...

Legislators wrapped up the last formal session of the year by sending bills to Gov. Deval Patrick’s desk that legalize gambling and redistrict the state’s congressional districts. After years of back-and-forth...

The Massachusetts Legislature moved multiple bills to Gov. Deval Patrick’s desk on Tuesday, the second to last day before the chamber goes on a seven-week recess. The sent bills include those that would...

The Massachusetts Water Infrastructure Finance Commission held a meeting requesting an estimated $21 billion gap in resources to pay for water infrastructure for the next 20 years. On Wednesday at the...

Bay State voters can expect a greater representation of minorities throughout the state after the Massachusetts House and Senate passed districting changes with near unanimous support on Tuesday. Legislators...

Redistricting plans moved one step closer to passage on Tuesday when the Special Joint Committee on Redistricting shifted the plan out of the committee room and onto the floor of the Massachusetts House...

Redistricting plans proposed on Tuesday would double the number of Massachusetts state House of Representatives districts where a minority holds the majority of the population, according to the Joint Committee...

Louis Rodriguez, now 22, moved to Boston from Puerto Rico to seek treatment for his cancer, but when he lost the room he was staying in he became one of a growing number of homeless youths in the city. “I...

A bill proposed to the Massachusetts State Legislature Tuesday could provide more money for the most underfunded school districts across the state. The bill, proposed by Rep. Lori Ehrlich, of Marblehead,...

The Senate started its first day of formal debate over legalizing casinos in Massachusetts on Monday, despite Senate President Therese Murray’s claims that the bill already has the votes to pass. Murray...

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community remembered domestic homicide victims Thursday night with a candlelight vigil at the Boston Common. The murder of Winthrop resident Casey...

Massachusetts public schools may have to teach more than just abstinence as they see changes in the way parents can control what their children learn, as part of bills heard Tuesday morning at the Legislature’s...