4+ day, 1+ hour 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…...

4+ day, 10+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 8+ hour 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…...

1+ week, 4+ 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…...

2+ week, 3+ day 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…...

2+ week, 4+ day 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…...

4+ week, 2+ day 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, 23+ hour 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, 1+ 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (515+ words) Massachusetts lost more than 33, 000 people to domestic outmigration last year, according to U. S. Census Bureau estimates. It's the latest marker in a trend of residents leaving for other states that began during the pandemic. Gov. Maura Healey notes that, thanks to…...