Massachusetts News

Some of the state's largest health insurers will cover visits to health clinics expected to open in some pharmacies later this year.

Speculation is swirling that John McCain might name his vice presidential partner within the next few days -- right in the middle of Barack Obama's overseas tour.

A federal grand jury in New Hampshire has indicted three Massachusetts residents on charges of illegally importing prescription drugs and introducing them into interstate commerce without a prescription.

The Massachusetts state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill granting married same-sex couples equal Medicaid benefits, gay rights group MassEquality reported.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill that would require all future legislation be written in language that is gender neutral.

Massachusetts lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a weekend sales tax holiday for Aug.

After months of secrecy and intrigue, presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain are almost ready to unveil the winners in the vice presidential sweepstakes.

A Massachusetts doctor suspected of killing his girlfriend 15 years ago has been charged with suborning perjury to avoid a $15 million wrongful death judgment.

Advocates for the poor say the rising costs of food and fuel are driving up the use of food stamps in Massachusetts.

Drum roll. Suspense. Who will it be? In this corner, we have Stormin' Mormon Mitt Romney.

The Massachusetts Legislature voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of a plan to give consumers a two-day break from the state sales tax next month.

This is the third of four posts covering: What Mitt Romney did to Massachusetts while he was Bay State governor.

MANUFACTURING IN Massachusetts is a story of past glory steeped in textiles, paper, furniture, and footwear.

An elderly patient in a Cape Cod hospital has tested positive for a degenerative brain disorder, but officials say she's not showing signs of a variant linked to mad cow disease.

Darryl Daniels' luck ran out at a blackjack table when a detective tapped his shoulder and arrested him for murder.

The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine is investigating accusations that a popular plastic surgeon was "impaired" while at work, after he was fired by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

While he didn't expect to travel much, Pope Benedict XVI is actually keeping pace with his globe-trotting predecessor John Paul II.

The statute [text] now under scrutiny, MGL Chapter 207, Section 11, was passed by the Massachusetts Senate in 1913.

Once every decade the U.S. Census Bureau takes a survey of the country's population, but when the 2010 census is released, some married couples in Massachusetts won't count.

Hanging high in the chambers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives is the wooden sculpture of a cod fish - a silent reminder of what was once the backbone of state's economy.