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Area legislators are reacting with relief that a $3 billion supplemental budget has finally been passed by both branches of the Legislature and signed by Gov. Maura Healey.

BOSTON — Mirroring the political budget fight on the national level, state legislators have found themselves in a partisan spending stalemate that is poised to carry over into the new

Traffic to be restricted on Mansfield road

MANSFIELD — Two local state lawmakers are asking the state Legislature to approve a bill that would reopen the rest area on Interstate 95 in Mansfield.

Area state legislators have taken different sides on a supplemental spending bill that would allocate $250 million in additional funding to the state’s emergency shelter system to help pay for

The shooting rampage in Maine occurred a week after the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed an overhaul of firearms laws, but the tragedy may refocus attention on gun reform when

North yard collection begins Monday

NORTH ATTLEBORO — Jennifer, a rape survivor, says she stares at faces hoping to recognize her assailant in an attack in 1989 in Framingham.

Hoops for a good cause

Foxboro seniors visit Beacon Hill