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

Disgraced ex-Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson’s photo was taken down Friday from the fifth-floor City Council ...

More than a quarter-century after voters revoked the right to vote from Bay Staters incarcerated on felonies, the ...

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

Massachusetts moved a bit closer to implementing a statewide cellphone ban in public schools this week, with the Senate ...

Chris Lisinski The Senate is gearing up for the next step in a growing debate over the benefits or harms that come with cellphones in K-12 classrooms. Senators on the Education Committee Tuesday ...

With a "cold beer" sign as his backdrop from a Provincetown brewery, Sen. Julian Cyr made his latest pitch Monday morning to ...

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

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