Beacon Hill Democrats largely cleared their plates this past month of major priorities that had shaped the early part of ...

As state lawmakers pared back spending in their budget proposal, they left nearly $171 million in earmarks largely unscathed, ...

Beacon Hill Democrats said they struck a deal on oft-ignored or suspended internal rules that are supposed to govern ...

Supporters have argued the devices in school distract students and encourage heavy use of social media, contributing to a ...

The Massachusetts State Senate is gearing up for the next step in a growing debate over the benefits or harms that come with ...

It might be too late for parents to dream about a screen-free summer for their kids, but the Massachusetts Senate is moving ...

State officials said Monday that $108 million in federal education grants that were expected to arrive July 1 are now instead ...

More than $1 million in already-approved federal funding is being withheld from Framingham Public Schools, and is instead under review.

The Massachusetts Senate is moving forward on a bill to ban cellphone use in all Massachusetts schools. The Joint Education ...

The Senate plans to vote next week on legislation updating a 2022 law that shields reproductive and transgender care providers from out-of-state legal action, Senate President Karen Spilka said ...

The growing fallout from a public defender work stoppage could now set criminal defendants free across Massachusetts.