Massachusetts News

During the past few years, despite its well-intentions, it has become apparent that our current welfare system is in need of repair.

More than 100 students applied for Charter's 29th annual Scholar Athlete Awards, and 13 area graduating high school seniors were recently granted $13,500 in scholarships.

Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray disclosed a comprehensive welfare reform bill this morning that focuses on helping welfare recipients find jobs.

One-hundred-and-forty lucky Massachusetts drivers could soon find themselves sporting a new low number on their license plates.

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State Senate Democrats have introduced a new bill this week intended at reforming the Massachusetts welfare system, including forcing applicants to prove they have searched for employment through a state program.

Donald Berwick, who ran the Medicare and Medicaid programs for President Obama, formally launched his campaign Monday to become governor of Massachusetts.

Donald Berwick, who ran the Medicare and Medicaid programs for President Obama, formally launched his campaign Monday to become governor of Massachusetts.

Donald Berwick, a former controversial figure in the Obama administration who served as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said he will run for governor of Massachusetts next year.

Nestled in the Massachusetts countryside, Maynard Golf Course has been providing Bay Staters with championship-caliber golf since 1921.

The Leominster Housing Authority is being used as a model agency in a reform bill after a public-housing scandal in Chelsea, but Gov. Deval Patrick has proposed his own reform legislation to boldly change the public-housing sector and create six super regions around the state.

From the tiniest Berkshire villages to the urban canyons of Boston, where is the best place in the region to live, whether you're a young single, a starting family, or empty-nesters? What city or town combines affordability, safety, schools, arts, culture and recreation and nightlife in the very best balance? GoLocalWorcester's 2nd Annual ... (more)

What's the best community in Central Massachusetts? What is the best place in the region to live, whether you're a young single, a starting family, or empty-nesters? What city or town combines affordability, safety, schools, arts, culture and recreation and nightlife in the very best balance? GoLocalWorcester's 2nd Annual Central Massachusetts' ... (more)

Forty percent of Massachusetts residents oppose the government's obtaining telephone records and electronic information of Americans, according to a new Boston Globe poll, while a quarter of Bay Staters support those efforts.

Outside organizations continued their independent spending of hundreds of thousands of dollars for and against U.S. Senate candidates in the 6/25 Massachusetts special election.

Stacey Monahan has a big job -- and a tough one -- as the new commissioner of state Department of Transitional Assistance.

The Republican candidate vying for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts has come out in favor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

To break the ice at this year's Middlesex Community College Celebrity Forum, Jenna Bush Hager emphasized her mother's lifelong commitment to knowledge by revealing how her mother, at age 10, named her pet Dewey -- after the Dewey Decimal System.

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