Massachusetts News

A proposal by National Grid to increase the average residential customer's utility bill by 5.5 percent next year has come under scrutiny by the state Attorney General's office.

Even though the total amounts to less than 2/3 of 1 percent of the Fiscal Year 2009 Supplemental Appropriations bill signed into law by President Obama last week, the $668 million allocated to continue the recovery from Hurricane Katrina will make a world of difference in Mississippi.

A man has been struck by lightning and traffic problems reported as thunderstorms move across Massachusetts.

Lightning has struck a historic eastern Massachusetts church, damaging its roof and destroying its steeple.

Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

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Battered by cuts in local aid, municipal leaders in Western Massachusetts are licking their lips over the possibility of raising additional revenues for government from a new local tax on restaurants.

Two more deaths in Boston have been linked to H1N1, bringing the total number of H1N1 related deaths to four in Massachusetts, health officials announced Wednesday.

A former Massachusetts schoolteacher who was found with a student at a West Virginia motel has pleaded not guilty to rape.

One by one, potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates are fading away or facing challenges.

Massachusetts officials are set to release a draft plan that spells out rules for setting up wind farms in state waters.

The bells of an ice cream truck can sound innocent, but state legislators are concerned that the driver might not be so harmless.

Adams is in negotiations to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in The Fighter .

Don't count on another sales tax holiday this summer in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval Patrick signed a 25-percent hike in the state's sales tax into law on Monday, and it will take effect on Aug.

Carmen "The Cheeseman" DiNunzio, the reputed underboss of the New England mob, plans to plead guilty to attempting to bribe an undercover FBI agent posing as a state official to win a $6 million Big Dig contract.

Twenty-six percent of Massachusetts voters say their state's health care reform effort has been a success.

Some of the estimated 15,000 Honduras immigrants living in Massachusetts are protesting a military coup that ousted the country's president.

The state Department of Public Utilities has upheld an $8 million fine against National Grid for poor customer service in 2006.

Hannaford Supermarkets is warning its customers in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont to check their freezers for recalled beef.

Massachusetts must strengthen its investigatory and regulatory laws before going ahead with any plans to expand gambling, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Monday.