Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a law to enhance protections for users of payment apps like Venmo and PayPal.

With the new year comes new laws that are set to take effect in Massachusetts in 2025. Five bills were signed into law with ...

The auditor is appointing Karen Coughlin, the former vice president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, to the HPC board ...

The state legislature wants more transparency for private-equity medical investments in the wake of the Steward Health bankruptcy.

Massachusetts law does not yet allow camera-based enforcement of traffic laws. And the two proposals approv Legislature would ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts will have regulatory oversight of Venmo, PayPal and other cash payment apps under a consumer protection bill signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey, making the state ...

Spilka also called for votes and testimony before joint committees to be made public, pledged to post summaries of bills that ...

Some local politicians, like state Rep. Steven Xiarhos, R-Barnstable, also question the current pace of offshore wind ...

Berkshire lawmakers are accepting the 11.39 percent pay raise effective Jan. 1. Here's why they say they're doing it.

Massachusetts boasts some of the most generous benefits for disabled veterans and their families, including state and local tax breaks, yearly annuity payments, tuition assistance and hiring ...

The 215-bed Norwood Hospital, previously operated by Steward and shuttered since 2020, is facing permitting issues that could delay its search for a new operator.

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. The 2024 legislative session ended on Jan. 1. There was a flurry ...