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

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

It’s amusing to watch Democrats complain about Republicans copying their strategy. The Trump White House is urging red states to redraw their congressional maps. The goal is to put more House seats in ...

The Massachusetts State Senate approved a bill Thursday that would ban cellphones in schools across the state. The legislation requires public school districts to adopt a cellphone-free policy by the ...

On the eve of a traditional summer recess, the House and Senate sent Gov. Maura Healey measures instituting new legal shields to protect reproductive and gender identity care and investing ...

The spending plan lawmakers sent to Healey on Thursday "addresses timely issues through key, targeted investments," state ...

A group of advocates gathered at the State House Thursday to protest the deal, which they say, was constructed in a back room ...

While Tennessee’s list of required childhood vaccines hasn’t changed in years, one conservative lawmaker tried to change part of a state law that says parents and guardians are ...

I say to you today and to the leadership, we’re going nowhere. Your ridiculous proposal that you put forward yesterday has only strengthened our resolve,” attorney Sean Delaney said at the ...

Massachusetts courts may soon reopen after a months-long strike, but lawyers criticize the proposed deal, citing insufficient pay increases and a lack of input.

Massachusetts public school students would be banned from using or holding on to their cellphones during the school day ...

Beacon Hill Democrats said they reached a deal on legislation that aims to shore up Massachusetts’ transgender and ...