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Maura Healey, the first woman and first open member of the LGBTQ community to be elected governor of Massachusetts, was sworn into office at the Statehouse Thursday, pledging to lead "with empathy and with equity."

BOSTON (AP) -- Maura Healey, the first woman and first open member of the LGBTQ community to be elected governor of Massachusetts, was sworn into office

Taunton Mayor Shaunna O'Connell says housing and commercial development projects have begun in anticipation of the completion of the South Coast Rail project.

After Michael Ellsessar died while playing football, his family pushed for a law requiring schools to be prepared.

Boston City Hall ended 2022 with a well-stocked mayoral cabinet, including several members with Dorchester connections. Mary Skipper, the superintendent of the Boston Public Schools (BPS), is a resident and the founding head of TechBoston Academy, formerly known as Dorchester High, while Michael Cox, the police commissioner, lived in the neighborhood before he decamped for Ann

Two-term Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey is preparing to replace outgoing two-term Republican Governor Charlie Baker.

It's a tradition for departing governors that dates back to the 1880s.

The day before he departs from the seat of a government that he began leaving a mark on more than three decades ago, Gov. Charlie Baker thanked the people of Massachusetts for their generosity, which he called "the foundation on which we can continue to build great communities."

Gov.-elect Maura Healey continued to flesh out her Cabinet by naming Yvonne Hao as secretary of economic development and Jason Snyder as secretary of technology...