Massachusetts News

Congress is debating legislation that would do essentially what Mitt Romney did in Massachusetts: impose a health insurance mandate, create a network of subsidies, and micro-manage health insurance policies.

Two Massachusetts men who appeared in a rap video in which police were allegedly threatened are due in court.

Massachusetts is a pioneer on the frontier - the frontier of health care reform - and waiting for the rest of the country to catch on.

Same-day and next-day delivery specialist Eastern Connection is expanding in its home state of Massachusetts, opening a facility in Norwood, outside Boston.

A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good." Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday when she walked into her daughter's room.

Martha Coakley was Massachusetts attorney general barely two weeks in January 2007 when Boston was locked down after authorities discovered what they thought were bombs planted around the city.

Massachusetts is a state that is just dripping in history. From the minute those pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, this piece of land has never been the same.

Massachusetts police say a man locked his two young sons in the trunk of his car while he ran an errand.

A Massachusetts man who shot a neighbor because he was angry his car alarm went off in the early morning hours has been convicted of murder.

Paul Kirk never figured to upstage the legend whose death paved his road to the Senate.

Massachusetts Democratic Senate hopeful Stephen Pagliuca has spent $5.4 million of his own money in his bid for the seat once held by the late Edward Kennedy.

Massachusetts prosecutors say a J.C. Penney children's department salesman sexually assaulted a boy in a dressing room when the boy's mother stepped away to make a phone call.

Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill designed to streamline the state's push for renewable energy.

Iowa Republicans would support a run by Sarah Palin for the 2012 presidential nomination, The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll released Monday indicated.

HYANNIS, Mass. a ' The former owner of Sid's Discount Furniture here pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes and is getting probation, according to the Cape Cod Times.

A group of 5 part-time Massachusetts community college instructors have sued the state, claiming that hundreds of adjunct faculty in the state's colleges are unfairly denied health care coverage.

Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a law requiring state licenses for saltwater fishing in Massachusetts.

The two Republicans running to succeed the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy clashed Monday about whether Massachusetts should serve as a model for the nation's health care overhaul.

As Sarah Palin embarked on a tour for her just published book "Going Rogue," she became the latest prospective Republican presidential candidate to criticize the Obama administration's policy on Israel.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has a pair of the hottest tickets in Washington.