FAMILIES

Democrat Lora Wondolowski of Greenfield and Independent Amy Lavallee of Whately are competing for the 1st Franklin District seat in the Massachusetts House.

An examination of how physical and civic strains, from care and rehab bed shortages to old water pipes, shape Massachusetts capacity for growth.

State House News Service reporter Ella Adams breaks down a demand for a federal probe over the proposed $2 billion courthouse in Springfield, MA, the Beacon Hill showdown on gas tax relief, and new polling on Massachusetts' affordability.

Federal fraud indictments for a sitting state representative, Beacon Hill accountability, and EBT card skimming safeguards shape the week ahead in Mass. politics.

The Trump Administration's financial threats against hospitals providing gender-affirming care to youth have not come to fruition, after court action by states. But Baystate Health is still not restarting its treatment.

The Ghanaian-American novelist discusses using Boston to frame her characters' search for authenticity and a quiet reprieve from elite spaces.

The journalist turned novelist discusses embedded surveillance with gang task forces and how the callousness of young Boston gang members kept him up at night.

The former Longmeadow resident shares how the 2018 Hawaii alert inspired his western Mass.-set debut novel, tracing the local fallout, satire, and trauma of a tech error.

Vermont author Tim Weed grounds a fantastical story with smuggled Mesoamerican treasure and a mysterious missing father in the familiar hills of his home state in his new novel, "The Gatepost."

The deadline for Mass. lawmakers to enact a law related to rent control, in order to remove the question from November's ballot, is swiftly approaching.