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The average household will see their monthly gas bill decrease by about 4-5%.

It won't be around for too long, but Massachusetts may see some of the coldest weather it's experienced in years Friday evening into Saturday.

Massachusetts casinos began taking bets Tuesday after years of discussion and debate on Beacon Hill around legalizing sports betting.

For the current school year, 55%of students of color who applied to a vocational program in Massachusetts were admitted, compared to approximately 69% of white students.

From 2001 to 2021, the inflation-adjusted national average for state-provided financial aid per full-time equivalent student increased 15%, researchers found. Over the same span, the inflation-adjusted amount of state aid per FTE Massachusetts student dropped 47%.

An ancient key stashed in a produce bag, and passed down through the generations, made Sarah Dixwell Brown curious to learn more about it. She chronicled her path to discovering that her seven-greats-grandfather was among those men who signed the death warrant for King Charles I of England.

A spokesperson for the University of Massachusetts said there were initially 108 candidates for the chancellor position.

Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have the lowest rate of long COVID – less than 23% of people who had COVID reported having long COVID.

On Tuesday night, the State Republican Committee narrowly voted (37-34) to replace two-term chairman Jim Lyons with Washington lobbyist Amy Carnevale of Marblehead. She will serve a two-year term as chair.

Classical musicians have filed a new complaint against the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, through a federal labor board. The players have been without a contract since August 2020.