With education facing impending cuts at the federal level, the new $61 billion state budget continues free school lunches, community college, and regional transportation.

Residents in Massachusetts are cleaning up Friday after flash floods caused chaos, flooded roads, stranded drivers and inundated homes and businesses.

WEYMOUTH, Mass. — An unrelenting summer storm brought a deluge of rain to eastern Massachusetts on Thursday, leading to flash flooding during the morning commute. Many areas were drenched by several inches of rain, highways and roads left impassable, and some drivers had to be rescued from the rising floodwaters.

An attorney for the Massachusetts police officer shot and injured by colleagues who were serving her a restraining order says his client remains in “grave condition” and is the victim of an

If you’re considering moving your company from Massachusetts to the Aloha state, think again: CNBC has once again ranked it the only place that is more expensive than Massachusetts for running a businesses. And two of our New England neighbors, Rhode Island and Connecticut, are also pretty pricey, showing up among the ten most expensive states.

More criminal defendants could be released in Massachusetts due in part to a work stoppage by private attorneys.

As the bar advocate work stoppage continues, more unrepresented criminal defendants could be released from jail.