Government & Politics

As healthcare inequities remain a persistent and pressing issue, the identification of ways the healthcare system can make future-focused moves to address them is top-of-mind at Commonwealth Medicine.

As part of its five-year effort to mandate patient-to-nurse ratios at hospitals, the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union has teamed with members of the state legislature – including the representative from Leominster – to introduce new legislation, which they say is in response to a long-term healthcare access crisis in the state.

In a ceremony focused on the historic "firsts" of Andrea Campbell's inauguration as Massachusetts' first Black woman elected to be attorney general the newly sworn-in top law enforcement official promised to hold those in power accountable and to bring transparency to the state's criminal justice system.

Motels and their managers in Shrewsbury and Sutton will pay $65,000 in restitution and penalties for labor...

African Community Education, a Worcester nonprofit serving African immigrants and refugees, will receive $3 million from the new federal budget to renovate its new center in Worcester.

Climate and environmental activists made clear Wednesday that they feel they have a real ally in Gov. Maura Healey and sent a direct message to the new administration's climate chief: it's time to get to work.

Lauren Jones, a Massachusetts Business Roundtable official who at one point worked as communications director for the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, was announced Wednesday as Gov. Maura Healey's pick to lead that secretariat.

After making affordability a major theme of her campaign, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that her administration's focus on clean energy and combatting climate change goes hand-in-hand with helping Bay Staters deal with rising costs of living.

The voters in Hardwick on Saturday decided they don’t want a racetrack. According to the town’s unofficial tally from Saturday’s special election, 830 people voted against the special permit for the race track, outnumbering the 312 yes votes in favor of the track.

What to do with Great Meadowbrook Farm? That’s the question facing Hardwick residents as they head to...