A former Massachusetts state senator has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for scheming to defraud the state Department of Unemployment Assistance and collecting income that he failed to report to ...

Factors contributing to the rise in homelessness include lack of affordable housing, the end of COVID-era policies, and an ...

The federal government has issued a flurry of directives targeting immigrants, including empowering Immigration and Customs ...

The state wasn’t living within its means as it bled money to cover migrant costs. But the thought of cutting back on aid and ...

Top House budget writers released a $425 million spending bill to fund state-run shelters that seeks to temporarily cap the ...

Individual homelessness levels are severely rising in Massachusetts, and service providers have received no growth in state assistance in two years.

The well-stocked pantry can members and their families get past a financial rough patch; a supply closet can help them ...

The federally mandated point-in-time count, conducted during the early morning hours of Jan. 30, found 36 fewer homeless ...

Mashpee tribal election is Feb. 9. Here's a quick introduction to each candidate, voting times, and which seats are on the ...

Jean McGuire has “never seen anything like this” in her 30-plus years of public health service, spanning disability and HIV work. Historical data is disappearing from the Centers for Disease Control ...

The US Department of Education said Thursday it will investigate the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association over ...

State will pay $2.034B to the federal government from the employer-funded unemployment insurance trust fund and $73M in ...