Award winning children's book author Jane Yolen has died. The longtime Hatfield, Massachusetts residents was 87-years-old.

As Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, prepares to sell its property, the town of Amherst is considering how best to rezone the land.

Lawmakers face no strict deadlines to advance the bills in conference other than the end of this two-year session on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027.

Members of Massachusetts Water Supply Protection Trust met this week to discuss lessons-learned after last month's small engine plane crash near the Quabbin Reservoir — a major source of drinking water for Greater Boston.

It’s been a year since the Environmental Protection Agency terminated $20 million dollars in infrastructure grants for Springfield. Now, the city is joining others across the country in filing an appeal challenging the cancellations.

On July 14, 2003 Thomas F. Reilly, the Massachusetts attorney general at the time, published a report on his investigation into crimes against children at the Archdiocese of Boston.

The merger between GBH and Springfield-based NEPM will form a statewide media outfit likely to reach at least 1.3 million people each week.

The Trump administration has proposed regulations to control billions of dollars in federal research funding, which it says will reduce "fraud and abuse." Scientists in Massachusetts and beyond say they could set back research in the U.S. by decades.

Officials estimate Massachusetts is on track to lose nearly $4 billion in federal funds. Those losses create a cascading effect — without proper resources, agencies dedicated to vulnerable populations have a harder time helping those people find a stable job, or housing.

Hampshire College officials said they reached "in principle" an agreement with a philanthropic partner to provide a loan that will support the wind down of campus operations.