Massachusetts Government News

Westfield Contributory Retirement System is searching for a private equity manager to run $10 million to $15 million, according to the website of the Massachusetts Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission.

The state Senate has adopted a proposal allowing Massachusetts to recoup public benefits given to anyone later convicted of using of a weapon of mass destruction.

Billionaire Tom Steyer is gearing up to engage in the Massachusetts Senate race yet again, a potentially pivotal development that Steyer and his aides hope will boost the Democratic nominee, Rep.

This March 7, 2013 file photo shows Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., listening to a witness at Senate Banking Committee hearing on anti-money laundering on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Coming out of the 2012 presidential election, women's role in determining its outcome-the so-called gender gap-was a dominant narrative.

More thunderstorms are in the forecast for today in Massachusetts, and some of them could whip up damaging winds and drop large hail, National Weather Service forecasters say.

Spring has sprung and homeowners across the state are gearing up for home improvement projects.

PGAs have long been associated with blurred vision, dryness, changes in eye color and other side effects.

The long-term rating on the bonds, 'AA+' with a Stable Rating Outlook, continues to reflect the full faith and credit guaranty of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Genetics ; Ear, Nose and Throat Article Date: 21 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT A new measure of the heterogeneity - the variety of genetic mutations - of cells within a tumor appears to predict treatment outcomes of patients with the most common type of head and neck cancer .

Massachusetts transportation officials are planning a series of meetings to inform drivers about plans to switch to an all-electronic tolling system on the Tobin Bridge.

Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey have agreed to their first debate in Massachusetts' contentious special U.S. Senate election.

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

A new measure of the heterogeneity - the variety of genetic mutations - of cells within a tumor appears to predict treatment outcomes of patients with the most common type of head and neck cancer.

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

Check out a great new resource on the Massachusetts health care system from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts : the Massachusetts Health Care Delivery System Map .

The budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 calls for an increase of $1.4 billion, or about 4.4 percent, over the current year.

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.

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.

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.