The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is going to waiver tuition for families that make under $200,000 a year. The university in recently making the announcement the free-tuition program will start in the fall 2025 semester.
An audit of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care found the agency failed to properly screen people who work at daycares and residential facilities and compromised “high-risk” abuse and neglect investigations.
This storm will bring the first snow accumulation to parts of southern and central New England. Taking into account the time of year, ocean temperatures, and storm track, the best chance of accumulating snowfall will be in the higher elevations. This is fairly typical for late November storms.
Three Beacon Hill legislators plan to file legislation that would permanently block Massachusetts residents not yet old enough to buy tobacco and nicotine products from ever doing so legally here in the future.
Many workers in Massachusetts are now entitled to sick time if they or their spouse experience a miscarriage or an unsuccessful attempt at assisted reproduction, surrogacy, or adoption.
Massachusetts is mandating new public health performance standards to improve the patchwork of local services responsible for ensuring restaurants are clean, pools are safe, and disease outbreaks are tracked and reported.
GoLocal receives both McKee’s and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s schedules, and the number of events differs. Healey and her Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll’s schedule generally includes two to three events per day for each of them. For McKee, most days have no public events.
Adoption of a state-imposed zoning reform in communities with or near MBTA service has crossed the century mark, according to a local housing nonprofit. Citizens’ Housing and Planning
It’s been 100 days since Gov. Maura Healey signed Massachusetts’ most ambitious housing legislation into law — here's what's been going on behind the scenes.
Bal, who ran the Department of Revenue under then-governor Deval Patrick, has been at Boston-based national nonprofit Social Finance Inc. for nearly a decade.
Herring Pond is a distinct, cohesive and autonomous tribal community that has existed in Massachusetts for centuries, according to a statement from Healey's office. “Our administration deeply appreciates our strong ties with the indigenous tribes across ...
In the Nov. 14 meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife Board, there was a presentation of proposed new regulations for Catch and Release (C&R) areas throughout the state that would allow only barbless hooks. Anglers would have to crimp the barbs on ...
BROCKTON - More than 100 children and teenagers in foster care across Massachusetts were welcomed into their forever families Friday as part of National Adoption Day. At the courthouse in Brockton, 20 of those adoptions took place. Among the group of lucky ...
The proposed limit is one of several dramatic changes Healey’s administration is seeking to Massachusetts's emergency shelter system, as it tries to rein in the program’s nearly $1.1 billion tab.
Massachusetts stands among the top five states in the United States in terms of income, boasting a household income of $99,858 and a mean household income of $138,516, according to the Census Bureau. Affluence is a hallmark of many places in Massachusetts, both of regular suburbs and resort areas.
The Utah Hockey Club (7-8-3) embarks on a four-game road trip starting tonight in New England against the Boston Bruins (8-9-3). Utah looks to get back to .500 after a 1-2-0 homestand facing three of the NHL’s top teams. Utah and Boston last met on Oct. 19 at Delta Center when Utah pulled out a 2-1 overtime victory on home ice.
Gov. Maura Healey approved a sweeping economic development bill that includes reforms to how tickets for concerts and other popular events are sold. But it has drawn scrutiny from groups that claimed the language around ticket transfers would give more power to major sellers like Ticketmaster.
Arbor provides an update on November 2024 electricity rates and expected usage patterns in Massachusetts, plus tips to reduce energy bills in this month.
The rubber is about to hit the road for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and its investigation into sports bettor limiting by bookmakers. Commission members met Thursday and approved the next steps for the regulator’s staff, starting with collecting ...
The second oldest living person in the U.S. has died at the age of 113. Herlda Senhouse died peacefully in her sleep, Stephanie Hawkinson the public information officer of Wellesley, Massachusetts said. Senhouse had lived in Wellesley for the past four decades, The Associated Press reported.
If confirmed, McMahon will likely place an even greater emphasis on two key ideas popular among Trump supporters: shifting funding from public schools to private ones, and guiding more children toward the world of work. In their view, this would align the nation’s education system more closely with the real vision of “ the American Founders .”
Jeff Gross of Newburyport, Massachusetts, has been collecting baseball cards for decades, but he never thought that a yard sale at his in-laws' house in Danvers would result in finding a card potentially worth millions.
