5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (612+ words) Reframe Systems chief executive Vikas Enti has a new reason to reassure investors that picking Billerica for its new factory and headquarters instead of a cheaper site in New Hampshire was the right call: an $800,000 tax credit, courtesy of the…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (332+ words) The Cambridge City Council on Monday will revisit a proposal to temporarily reinstate the Shotspotter gunshot detection system. City councilors voted in May to end the use of the system, citing privacy, effectiveness and safety concerns. But after the shooting…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (693+ words) Massachusetts’ infrastructure have faced one stress test after another in recent months, from a historic February blizzard that caused widespread power outages and MBTA shutdowns to summer flash floods that closed roads and submerged vehicles. A new statewide assessment now…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (620+ words) A state committee is urging Governor Maura Healey to take executive action to ban Native American sport mascots in Massachusetts public schools, according to a letter sent earlier this month. The Steering Committee of the Massachusetts Mascot Coalition wrote to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (434+ words) State officials announced the rollout of new tap-enabled chip cards for recipients of public benefits, including the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as part of a means of tackling ongoing benefits fraud. The rollout makes Massachusetts the fourth state in…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (170+ words) Lindsay Clancy's trial has raised question about how Massachusetts healthcare system declines to care for women postpartum. Lindsay Clancy case shows gaps mothers face in postpartum mental health care Mayor Michelle Wu speaks at vigil for cyclist killed in fatal…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (906+ words) WASHINGTON — Massachusetts voters will have the chance to scrap the state’s party primary system this November — a decision that has big implications for the many ambitious politicians eyeing the few top-tier offices in the state. The referendum, which Secretary of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (484+ words) A judge is considering whether to order a Canton man who allegedly participated in a conspiracy to kill a Cambridge city employee to give prosecutors the access code to his cellphone. Rayquon R. Brown, 29, is charged with fatally shooting Department of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (517+ words) A Cambridge city worker who was killed on July 4 was attacked by a group of masked men who set out to shoot anyone they came upon, a Middlesex prosecutor said in court Monday. Xavier Bautista, 32, was shot twice shortly after…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1035+ words) In progressive circles, “social housing” is all the rage. From Washington, D.C., to New York City, the concept has been part of winning candidates’ platforms this election season. It’s been pitched as a way for the government to get…...