Government & Politics

The offering came as part of Avidia Bank’s efforts to go public, which it began in March with a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Massachusetts experienced a more than 36% decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2024, the state Substance Addiction Services Bureau reported Wednesday.

While workers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester once again made up the largest percentage of the state’s highest-paid state employees in 2024, UMass men’s basketball Head Coach Frank Martin once again topped the list.

"For people living paycheck to paycheck, this policy turns poverty into a crime," Diana Williams, legislative policy counsel for the Committee for Public Counsel Services, said. "When someone loses their licenses due to unpaid debt, they face an impossible choice: stop driving and risk losing their job and ability to get around, or keep driving and risk arrest. A civil fine can quickly spiral into a criminal record."

New low-cost academic housing will be coming to Framingham State University as the school has received $6.6 million to renovate an underutilized residence hall into apartment.

Cities and towns would have the option to offer happy hour promotions for alcoholic beverages during specific time windows under proposals from Cyr and Rep. Samantha Montaño (S 217 / H 443). Happy hour has been banned in Massachusetts since 1984, as officials sought to alleviate drunk driving.

Business confidence in Massachusetts inched upward in June, yet remained in pessimistic territory for the fourth month in a row.

A Northborough-based construction company and its president have been fined $744,224 for allegedly violating a number of employee rights laws impacting 101 workers. 

Gov. Maura Healey approved a $60.9 billion annual budget and rolled out a companion proposal designed to empower her administration with greater cost-cutting power.

Legislation that would authorize physician-assisted suicide in Massachusetts cleared its first committee hurdle, this time more quickly than in the past thanks to a new House rule.