After a more than two-year tenure in which she charted the state’s path through the tumultuous Steward Health Care collapse, ...

After a more than two-year tenure, Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh will step down, the Healey administration announced Friday.

Dr. Kiame Mahaniah will take over on Monday. The change comes a period of unprecedented change in how medical and social ...

Massachusetts Health and Human Service Secretary Kate Walsh is retiring after two and a half years in the role. Gov. Maura Healey has appointed Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, the current undersecretary for ...

Under the bill, $100 million would be distributed based solely on road mileage, which lawmakers and Healey administration officials believe will aid western Massachusetts municipalities with long ...

With education facing impending cuts at the federal level, the new $61 billion state budget continues free school lunches, ...

The two Republican candidates for governor have thrown their support behind a pair of bills that would require voters to show photo identification to vote. Mike Kennealy and Brian Shortsleeve, both ...

"When a neighbor asks for help, you show up,” the lt. gov. said of the MA firefighters fighting Alaskan wildfires, including Brockton's Brian Procida.

Community college enrollment among adult learners in Massachusetts has surged for a second consecutive year, with new data ...

Governor Maura Healey has appointed Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle to be the new commissioner of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

Gov. Maura Healey has signed the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) budget and supplemental budget for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ...