1+ week, 2+ day ago  (568+ words) Three Massachusetts counties have some of the cleanest air in the country, according to the American Lung Association. The group's annual "state of the air" report gives Middlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk counties A grades for daily spikes in fine particle…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (170+ words) Patriots' Day is about as Massachusetts as it gets. The April holiday is'only celebrated by Massachusetts and Maine.'It marks the first battle of the American Revolution, and has also become synonymous with the running of the Boston Marathon. The…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (350+ words) Massachusetts correction officials say state prisoners use computer tablets more than those incarcerated in any other state. The tablets used in state prisons are made by the company Orijin, which said that Massachusetts is the only state that provides tablets…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1043+ words) The law made insurance mandatory for most individuals, fined some employers who didn't provide it and created subsidized health plans for low- to moderate-income residents. But first, let's start with the news of the day in Boston: Look who's back…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (314+ words) Cambridge officials'say'the city's efforts to fill empty retail storefronts are working. Pardis Saffari, the city's director of economic opportunity,'said the city's vacancy rate dropped 12% from November 2024 and October 2025.'She credited the city's Vacant Storefront Initiative, aimed at decreasing the…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (231+ words) A special shoutout to Boston Common squirrel tour guides, "Charles River Matcha" fake campaign announcements that never get old and every other joke social media post we almost shared yesterday before remembering it was April 1. Now, back to the actual…...

1+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (456+ words) ICE arrests in Massachusetts skyrocketed over the first 15 months of the Trump administration, representing a nearly fivefold increase compared to a similar period at the end of President Joe Biden's term. As of March, 7, 028 Massachusetts ICE arrests have taken place…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (968+ words) A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just for you. It's Friday and " as of 10: 46 a. m. today " the start of astronomical spring. A quick heads up that…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (609+ words) Massachusetts lawmakers are coalescing around a push to bar warrantless civil immigration arrests at courthouses, teeing up a debate this year over new protections for immigrants amid President Trump's immigration enforcement crackdowns. Two separate bills from Gov. Maura Healey and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (879+ words) WBUR After yesterday's record-breaking, sunbathing-worthy temperatures from Boston to Bangor, we now return to our regularly scheduled March programming. Temps are dipping back into the 40s and 50s for most of New England for the next week " save for the lucky residents…...