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Gov. Deval Patrick is calling on the Massachusetts House and Senate to come back into formal session to pass key pieces of legislation, including a crime bill and education overhaul.

Maine Fast Fact : In 1853, Maine bought the rest of the land within its boundaries that was still owned by Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Health Care Reform - Near-Universal Coverage at What Cost? Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D., and JudyAnn Bigby, M.D. Massachusetts has long been known for its academic medical centers, biomedical research, high-quality health care, and perhaps not unrelatedly, high health care costs.

Drivers won't be getting a chance to vote on a proposed ballot question to eliminate tolls in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts' monthly unemployment rate has fallen for the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years and just one month after hitting the highest level since 1976.

Government watchdogs are questioning the importance of some projects in Massachusetts funded by federal stimulus money.

A state Public Health Department study shows that smoking rates among low-income Massachusetts residents who participated in a state program to treat tobacco addiction dropped dramatically.

Some Republican lawmakers want to restore capital punishment in Massachusetts. State Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei says the Republicans will file an amendment to allow the death penalty for capital murder convictions.

Police across Massachusetts are keeping an extra sharp eye out for drivers not wearing seat belts.

Cathedral High School sophomore Mark Hegarty claimed an individual western Massachusetts cross-country championship here Nov.

Republican lawmakers are hoping to force a debate in the Massachusetts Senate on a proposal to restore the death penalty in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts secretary of state's office has said it will review the incorporation papers of a proposed $650 million movie studio in Plymouth to ensure the company has clear ownership.

PLYMOUTH, Mass. - The Massachusetts secretary of state's office has said it will review the incorporation papers of a proposed $650 million movie studio in Plymouth to ensure the company has clear ownership.

Sweeping new U.S. breast cancer guidelines released on Monday recommend against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, but several groups immediately rebelled against the recommendations.

Two Massachusetts residents are suing a company that supplied chemicals they say were involved in huge explosion that damaged more than 270 homes and businesses in 2006.

Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is floating a proposal to use the interest the government collects from the federal financial bailout fund to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage.

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It was a sunny Sunday morning at Agawams busiest four way intersection. Within ten minutes of filming, a car blatantly blew through the red light.

Even as the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meets tomorrow to weigh its options on its approval of a charter school for Gloucester, state lawmakers are also poised this week to consider education legislation rooted in Gov.