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NORTHAMPTON — When it comes to setting up sites where people can use drugs safely to avoid overdoses, opinion polling seems to show a split among Massachusetts residents. A 2019 poll from WBUR showed 50% of state residents approved of opening...

Updates on the races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and more in the 2022 Massachusetts election cycle.

Gov. Charlie Baker pitched lawmakers Monday on his $3.5 billion economic development package, saying at a hybrid hearing that COVID-era supply chain constraints, deadlines for using American Rescue Plan Act funding and general complexities in construction all mix together into a need for quick action.

Would-be second-in-command air their views.

Updates on the races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and more in the 2022 Massachusetts election cycle.

Udit Batra took over leadership of Waters Corp., a $2.7-billion laboratory equipment manufacturer, in September 2020 and began to implement a three-phase transformation program to help the company regain its commercial commentum, strengthen leadership and performance management, and align the Waters portfolio for growth.

There was a lot of overlap and agreement among the Democrats running for lieutenant governor during a Providers Council forum Monday afternoon as each of the five candidates sought to

Small businesses appreciated the bipartisan effort to pass small business relief, but federal relief funds came to an end in March.

Few voters might be able to answer the question of a what a lieutenant governor does in Massachusetts. The answer, according to the state constitution: Very little. (1) Step in if the governor becomes too sick to serve, dies or leaves office. (2) Sit on the Governor’s Council — an arcane body that meets a few hours a month to consider judicial nominations, pardons and

In his State of the City address Wednesday, New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell looked to do away with the designation of 'gateway city' for New Bedford.