The Massachusetts State House in Boston was evacuated twice on Friday, causing temporary disruption in operations.

This week at the State House in Boston ended with back-to-back evacuations caused by a water leak, but several bills passed before the Friday excitement.

The dismissals, in addition to a mass release of inmates facing trial, stem from a compounding crisis of overworked and underpaid defense attorneys.

The Massachusetts State Senate approved a bill Thursday that would ban cellphones in schools across the state. The ...

A statewide ban on cell phones in public schools took one step closer to becoming reality Thursday, when members of the state ...

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

Criminal defense lawyers across Massachusetts say lawmakers might have given bar advocates a raise — but their solution is ...

So-called "bar advocates"  — private attorneys who take on the criminal cases of indigent defendants — have stopped accepting ...

Massachusetts Senate passes bill to ban cell phones in public schools to improve students' focus and mental health.

The work stoppage “has pushed our justice system to the brink,” according to Boston Bar Association President Matt McTyge.

Healey, a Democrat, did not mention Harvard by name in a statement announcing the plan but made a reference to the climate ...