Democrats shot down Republican-led efforts that would have broadened criminal background checks for shelter residents and ...

There are also measures to remove the availability of two 90-day extensions for families to stay in shelter for certain ...

Anjuan Marion, who was 16 when he fatally shot Ryan Healey from a vehicle, was sentenced to 12 to 14½ years in prison.

The project provided an analysis of the state’s housing needs with the main goal of addressing the housing crisis in the Bay State.

The House budget chief told the Healey administration Wednesday that the branch needs more information before it can act on ...

The $425 million that the bill injects into the emergency assistance system is supposed to keep it afloat through the end of ...

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

Gov. Maura Healey proposed increasing state spending to more than $62 billion next fiscal year, filing a budget Wednesday ...

Confirmation hearings have not yet been scheduled by the Governor’s Council, which has final approval power over new judges.

Staffers at Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children are calling on Maura Healey to visit their Canton facility after the ...

BOSTON — The House budget chief told the Healey administration that the branch needs more information before it can act on Healey's family shelter funding and reform plans. House Ways and Means ...

BOSTON — With the state's family shelter system under pressure from mounting costs and violent on-site incidents, Gov. Maura ...