Massachusetts News

A former Arlington man charged with sexually molesting children at the town's Boys and Girls Club in the 1970s has a court appearance.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will host an energy summit to bring together experts in the field for discussions on ways to reduce energy costs and improve the state's competitiveness.

Carolyn Mugar told Clark University's 1,096 graduates Sunday to jump in and do what they can when something's wrong.

They make life-saving medicines and voice recognition software. They lease cellphone towers and produce industrial sensors.

Anyone who thought Elizabeth Warren was not going to bring to the Senate her insightful analysis of the nation's economic problems now knows that they were more than wrong.

After months of careful study a House supercommittee on Wednesday rejected a New Hampshire casino bill by a single vote.

BOYER: of Old Saybrook, Conn., formerly of New Bedford, Mass., Monday, May 13, 2013, Yvette , 83.

Dennis' decision May 7 to create a medical marijuana dispensary zone put it among a select group of Massachusetts towns trying to take on the state's new law, even as the state itself continues to iron out the details.

Former Congressman Barney Frank, left, and his husband, James Ready, were in San Francisco this week for Frank's appearance at the Commonwealth Club Outspoken gay former Congressman Barney Frank was in San Francisco this week and told a gathering of the Commonwealth Club that while he won't consider a presidential run, he predicted the U.S. could ... (more)

Today, Saturday, May 18, 2013, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis served as the commencement speaker at the undergraduate ceremony for UMass-Lowell's Class of 2013.

A Republican lawmaker is pushing for a law allowing Massachusetts to recoup public benefits given to anyone later convicted of using of a weapon of mass destruction.

Mohegan Sun today announced a partnership with Boston-based Finard Properties, a commercial real estate investment company, for retail development at its proposed resort casino off Route 32 in Palmer.

The Rev. John Denning, a native Rhode Islander and the current vice-president for student affairs at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., has been named the college's 10th president, it was announced Friday.

Construction employment in the Bay State slipped by 600 jobs in April, a shift that tracked closely to a modest decline nationally.

Patrick is expected back in the state Friday afternoon after a three-day visit aimed at strengthening economic ties with Massachusetts 14th largest export partner.

Marcy Reed, president of National Grid in Massachusetts, right, speaks at the announcement Thursday of the company's Sustainability Hub at Clark University.

A Massachusetts woman awaiting retrial in the 2010 strangulation and beating death of her wife has asked a judge to free her on bail.

Kate Simon is the Travel Correspondent of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday.

Adult entertainment, sex offenders and nonbinding opposition to a casino are among the matters that will be taken up at the annual town meeting Monday.

With reports yesterday that the House Ethics Committee was meeting in secret regarding possible ethics charges brought against Representative John Fresolo , GoLocal takes a look at the allegations -- and how Massachusetts government has been ranking on transparency as a whole.