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The House’s small GOP caucus used the same procedural move it did on previous days to halt Saturday's session and a deal Democrats negotiated on the wide-ranging budget bill.

Hundreds of state workers whose raises are tangled up in overdue budget bill disputes vented their disdain for lawmakers on the front steps of the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/state-workers-protest-unfunded-raises-contracts/">Read More</a>

The show of force at the State House trained criticism on Democrats from the very labor groups they often stand shoulder to shoulder come election time.

"The biggest concern is the trauma to the children," Ethel Everett, a longtime social worker and a leader with SEIU Local 509, said of the Massachusetts...

Using apartments is the latest solution to a foster home shortage that the state has struggled with for years.

Do you know where the nearest structurally deficient bridge is? As of two years ago, the average Massachusetts resident didn’t have to travel far to find a span that, while not inherently unsafe, was at a greater risk of structural failure — just 1.7...

Across Massachusetts, 644 bridges have at least one major component with serious problems and are in need of repair or replacement.

Backers of Question 1 on November ballot say it underscores need for more money for transportation projects