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By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Reining in gun violence, increasing access to housing and health supports for migrant families, and studying the health effects of decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station are among the policies the Massachusetts Medical Society...

By Alison Kuznitz

BOSTON — About 450 families have left the state’s emergency assistance shelter system since Sept. 1, and the state’s top housing official says there could be momentum in moving even more families out of the strained system.“We think we can...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — The House has added a provision to a spending bill that would reinstate a state policy repealed two decades ago to offer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to immigrants in the country legally, but who are not...

By MAX BOWEN

A state Senate seat long held by the Democratic party will now be represented by a Republican.State Rep. Peter Durant, R-Spencer, defeated fellow Representative Jon Zlotnik, D-Gardner, in the Special State Election for the Senate seat representing the...

By SAM DRYSDALE and ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON—The House seeks to steer more funds to the state’s strained emergency shelter system as part of a spending bill it plans to consider on Wednesday.Gov. Maura Healey requested $250 million from the Legislature in September to supplement $325...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — With Gov. Maura Healey’s emergency shelter capacity limit about to take effect, House and Senate Democrats are not signaling any broader plans to step in and demand a different approach to helping families in need.A day after a Superior Court...

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON—A Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request to put a temporary hold on the Healey administration’s plan to cap the number of families in the state’s strained emergency shelter system.The decision followed an emergency court hearing on...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – A proposal to designate Athol a ‘non-sanctuary city’ is on hold – for now.A crowd of people filled the board’s meeting room and spilled out into the hallway at Tuesday night’s meeting, a number of whom wished to speak regarding a proposal put...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – At its meeting next Tuesday, Oct. 3, the Selectboard will consider whether or not to declare Athol a “non-sanctuary city.”This was proposed by board member Brian Dodge at the Sept. 19 meeting in response to the possibility the town might be...

By Greg Vine

ATHOL – The Selectboard will consider a proposal to declare the community a “non-sanctuary city,” following concerns that there is a lack of housing and resources to handle an influx of migrant families.The proposal came at the board’s Sept. 19...