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The new dispatch system allows for more efficient communication between Ludlow police and fire departments, and a quicker emergency response time.
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Dozens of Massachusetts school districts are being told, later than usual in the school budget process, more state funding is being put in the House budget due to a "data" issue that shows more low-income students in schools than initially counted.
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Following a high profile fatal stabbing in western Massachusetts, we checked in with domestic violence organizations about the current level of demand for their services, as well as issues of inequity in criminal justice outcomes and media attention for victims.
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For decades, every president of the Massachusetts state Senate has had their official portrait painted and hung in the State House. In the near future, that will include the last western Massachusetts lawmaker to lead the Senate, Stanley Rosenberg.
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The majority of the funding, $2.6 million, will go towards efforts like predicting pregnancy outcomes, decreasing the number of unnecessary colonoscopies while screening for cervical cancer and assessing the use of a cannabis to treat endometriosis.
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Massachusetts ranked fifth among all states with 440 antisemitic incidents, nearly double the year before, according to a new report.
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The Massachusetts House budget makes $500 million available to cover emergency assistance shelter costs for FY'25. The House budget debate is set for Wednesday, April 24.
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Several members of the committee are standing with community members who have concerns over lack of transparency and community involvement in the superintendent search.
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Western Massachusetts runners are prepped and ready to go for the 26.2 mile race on Patriot's Day.
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A comingling of operational and government funds flagged auditors to a misuse issue for the Springfield, Massachusetts, nonprofit. Now they need to pay back the government.
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A supplemental spending package could ship hundreds of millions of dollars to shore up the shelter system, but Massachusetts House and Senate Democrats disagree about how much the state should rely on a savings account as part of the solution.
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State Police in Massachusetts have begun implementing a program to improve interactions with people on the autism spectrum, building upon legislation that won Senate approval in January and remains before a House committee.
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A new GBH News/Commonwealth Beacon poll of Massachusetts residents has President Joe Biden with a comfortable lead in his reelection bid. But may of those surveyed are concerned about tensions in politics — and possible election violence.
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Lawrence Akers has been sworn in as Springfield's new police superintendent, becoming the city's first Black top cop.