Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden said his office seeks to divert, rather than prosecute, certain low-level shoplifting offenders but ...

Mayor Michelle Wu announced the City’s Participatory Budgeting initiative, ‘Ideas in Action,’ is returning for a second year following a successful inaugural year of the program, which featured ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faces criticism from GOP lawmakers in his state after spending $430,000 in taxpayer money to prepare ...

Several criminal defendants have been released so far, as public defenders continue to decline cases in Massachusetts due to a pay dispute.

For years, overlapping crises of homelessness, addiction, and mental health have coalesced near the area of Boston known as ...

Boston is a thriving city in many respects. But when so many families choose to raise their kids elsewhere, the city is not ...

Call it redemption or, at the very least, a chance for a second act. Not everyone gets one, but Steve Poftak just did.

Minnesota taxpayers are on the hook for $430,000 in legal costs to outside lawyers who helped Gov. Tim Walz prepare for a U.S ...

Mayor Michelle Wu announced the City’s Participatory Budgeting initiative, ‘Ideas in Action,’ is returning for a second year following a successful inaugural year of the program, which featured ...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration appears to have a cozy relationship with a nonprofit that has repeatedly hosted ...

A handful of school districts across the state already limit or ban cellphone use during school hours or on school property.

Boise's Planning and Zoning Committee approved Interfaith Sanctuary's new permit despite previous Supreme Court rejection.