Gov. Maura Healey’s administration confirmed it was not conducting criminal background checks on residents in emergency ...

Whether it’s incompetence, intransigence, or negligence, changes must be made,” House Minority Leader Brad Jones said.

Maura Healey said Friday that it's "absolutely unacceptable" that criminal background checks she ordered last spring at ...

Governor Maura Healey gave an update on the shelter system in Massachusetts and said that the intent of the original law ...

A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on ...

Those revelations further came after last month’s arrest of an undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site ...

Democrat Maura Healey says slowing vessels to 10 knots near Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard would create chaos without providing effective whale protection.

After a year of deliberation, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey finally signed a new bill into law that protects cats from being declawed.

Cat declawing​ is now illegal in Massachusetts, banning the procedure that many animal advocates call inhumane.

A key provision in the new legislation could affect compensation for brokers or consultants who help employers hire pharmacy ...

The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.

Besides Massachusetts, currently, New York and Maryland have banned the procedure, as have jurisdictions including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Madison, West Hollywood, Austin, Denver, ...