Transportation

Gov. Charlie Baker has held the fiscal line for Massachusetts taxpayers and those subject to myriad governmental fees, promising no hikes in the fiscal 2017 budget.

Following up on a 2010 law that critics say has been ineffective, the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday approved a ban on the use of hand-held cell phones and other electronic devices while driving.

Gov. Charlie Baker, in an unapologetic defense of his administration's focus on the nitty-gritty of governing, called Thursday night for a significant new investment in vocational schools while also pledging fiscal restraint.

Six Central Massachusetts physicians groups have been named to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's 14th annual Physician Group Honor Roll.

A new City Shuttle from Marlborough to Boston is being touted as a new economical and efficient way to get into the city by the Marlborough Economic Development Corporation (MEDC).

A small crowd that gathered to weigh in on the potential elimination of the MBTA's late-night weekend transit service Tuesday evening spoke nearly unanimously in favor of saving the costly new option.

An ongoing external review of MBTA Retirement Fund assets and liabilities is holding up the filing of the state's annual financial statement, according to Comptroller Thomas Shack, who filed an interim report last week that explained the reasoning behind the delay.

Funding for the Bay State's electric vehicle rebate program was boosted by $2 million from the Baker-Polito administration to continue funding rebates, according to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

While pressing for further action on Beacon Hill, airport workers in Boston plan to risk arrest on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as part of their push for a $15 hourly wage and union rights.

Laura Silver Traiger, a lawyer with Starr Vander Linden LLP of Worcester, was awarded a Deborah H....