Lawmakers are advancing a proposal to ban the use of cellphones and other electronic gadgets in public schools in response to rising concerns they are distracting from classroom ...

A long-awaited, 640-space parking garage in downtown Haverhill is one step closer to opening, with the “topping off” of a ...

Expanding criminal background checks for newly arriving migrants and other homeless adults entering the state's emergency shelter system could cost taxpayers more than $3.3 million a year, according ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Crimson lights covered the night sky with vibrant splashes, each unfurling like a blooming rose. Their booms echoed overhead, ...

Advocates and parents who have adult children with autism urged lawmakers to extend MassHealth coverage of a behavioral therapy, while a top Senate Democrat raised financial concerns about ...