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Campbell, in her first term in office, attended a fundraiser for her re-election campaign in Northampton, Mass., recently. She currently has no challengers from either party.

The Family Resolutions Specialty Court marks a decade in Hampshire County, with hopes to expand the model into other parts of the state.

A judge ordered a former western Massachusetts aide to Gov. Maura Healey held without bail following a dangerousness hearing Friday that came only days after he was arrested on cocaine trafficking charges, according to court records.

Lamar Cook, 45, is charged with trafficking 21 kilograms of cocaine and the unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

O'Brien was wrongfully terminated and is entitled to back pay, a judge ruled after two years of legal drama.

In Hampshire Superior Court, in Northampton, Mass., a judge denied an emergency motion by the the Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools to stop a former employee from being reinstated to a job she was fired from.

The Hampden District Attorney's office will not seek a new trial in the case of Edward Wright, convicted of murder in 1985. Wright's conviction was overturned earlier this year.

The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition known as MIRA said Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court decision to limit nationwide injunctions in President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order is "disgraceful."

The state is looking to lease space from a private developer to house a new courthouse in Springfield.

The nominations come after some lawmakers wrote to Gov. Maura Healey last month saying there were too many judicial vacancies in the region.