Karen Brown

Western Massachusetts legislators are urging patience for those newly-eligible for the vaccine — but they're also frustrated at the state's glitchy rollout.

A coalition of health and community leaders wants Massachusetts to get more vaccines to people of color.

Baystate Health CEO Mark Keroack says the isolation of learning remotely is causing serious psychological stress on children.

As UMass Amherst tries to beat back a major COVID-19 outbreak, some students are frustrated by at least one new restriction.

Advocates for police reform in Springfield, Massachusetts, say it's time for the federal government to force the police department to be accountable for its actions.

The Massachusetts secretary of state said he's concerned the Trump administration has sabotaged the census for political reasons.

Starting in January, Massachusetts workers are eligible to take paid time off to bond with a new child or to recover from a long illness.

Massachusetts’ two U.S. senators have asked the state to put a stop to a biomass plant in Springfield, at least until the incoming Biden Administration weighs in on the issue.

Baystate Health in Springfield, Massachusetts, announced it has used up all of its initial COVID-19 vaccine doses — with a number of people turning down their turn.

The city of Springfield, Massachusetts, will pay $6.5 million to a man wrongfully incarcerated for almost three decades.

A Massachusetts man imprisoned for four decades on murder charges is free, now that a judge granted him a new trial and the district attorney dropped all charges. 

The Hampden County Sheriff’s Department said it may pause its practice of lending out inmates for community labor if COVID-19 cases continue to rise.

Two community groups in Springfield, Massachusetts, are renewing calls for the mayor to fire the city police commissioner, following a scathing federal report last summer. 

A Massachusetts man who spent 34 years in prison for murder has been sent home while his lawyers fight for his exoneration.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has proposed a $171 million plan to help people stay in their homes after the state’s eviction ban expires on Saturday.

With Amherst, Massachusetts, in the state’s COVID-19 red zone, the town manager says the numbers don’t reflect nuances in the population. 

UMass Amherst will likely do considerably more COVID-19 testing of students and staff than originally announced — at a considerable cost.

A new study finds that Black girls in Massachusetts public schools are disciplined at a much higher rate than white girls — about four times as often.

The Hampshire County jail hasn’t reported any covid-19 cases since May, but the sheriff said he’s concerned about possible new cases when normal court activity resumes.