BOSTON — Massachusetts House Democrats trampled Republican-driven efforts Thursday to expand the information covered in background checks for state-run shelter applicants and reduce the amount of ...

Massachusetts Republicans propose a bill allowing girls' teams to opt out of playing against boys, citing safety and fairness, sparking debate over discrimination.

Top House budget writers released a $425 million spending bill to fund state-run shelters that seeks to temporarily cap the ...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is expected to seek a second term next year. In the meantime, some state Republicans are ...

John Deaton, who ran against Elizabeth Warren in the Massachusetts Senate race, talks about the state of politics on the ...

A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House ...

Prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman accused of planning to kill Republican leaders at the U.S. Capitol told police she was ...

As the Trump administration ramps up deportations, several Massachusetts Republicans are pushing for cooperation between ICE ...

Massachusetts Republicans are seeking to ... One of the bills, filed by state Representative Bradley Jones, a North Reading Republican and the House minority leader, would allow local officials ...