Government & Politics

The Baldwinville School Apartments, a multi-family housing project bringing 54 rental units to the former site of a Templeton elementary school, has received $750,000 in funding.

It's not yet the bottom of the ninth inning — but pressure is increasing on the Portland...

Feedback Earth, a Grafton-based company converting food waste into animal feed, has been fined again by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for state permit violations.

Thursday’s discussion was necessary because the commission voted in November to name Ava Callender Concepcion as the active chair until Dec. 14, with the expectation the dispute over O’Brien’s suspension would be resolved

Opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts decreased slightly in the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30, frustrating health officials who hoped the public investment in fighting the epidemic would lead to a greater slowdown in deaths.

In her Oct. 4 notice to O'Brien detailing the rationale for her suspension, Goldberg wrote that her decision to suspend the chairwoman "was based in part on the facts that are not in dispute on this issue."

It's been a bumpy half-year for the CCC as personal conflicts at the agency burst into the headlines.

Out of 158 health care provider transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, between 2013 and 2022, 45 percent involved private equity firms.

The state's drug overdose crisis is persisting at record high levels, exacerbated by a "poisoned drug supply" that isn't just affecting those who use opioids anymore.

With the state's emergency shelter system maxed out, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay announced Wednesday that it is partnering with a pair of organizations to open temporary, overnight shelters in north central Massachusetts that will serve up to 23 families.