A new Pioneer Institute poll found low favorability ratings for the Massachusetts Legislature among respondents and high support for measures like auditing state lawmakers and subjecting the ...

Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael ...

Nearly 1,000 Massachusetts state employees made more than $250,000 last year, a group that has grown in recent years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio announced on Tuesday, Feb. 17, that she’ll be running for a second term where she'll be ...

Both Maine and Massachusetts harvest the American lobster, but Maine is often more heavily associated with the sea creature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This story was updated at 5:33 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9 to correct Jennifer Penton’s rank. She is a lieutenant. The head of the ...

IT’S SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS MORE THAN A MONTH OLD. FOOD BENEFITS ARE OUT OF MONEY. STATE SENATOR WHO CONTROLS MASSACHUSETTS? CASH IS HERE IN THE CHAIR THIS MORNING TO ...

You're not allowed to have a pet monkey in Massachusetts, but you can have a domestic water buffalo.

The state is baring the history of generations of disabled people and the violence many faced while institutionalized.

Mike Toole is the managing editor for CBS Boston. He has worked in the WBZ-TV newsroom for more than 20 years. He previously wrote and produced news and sports at WABC-TV in New York. One of the men ...