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[ad_1] BOSTON — Hundreds of thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents will be getting an “automatic” break on their utility bills under a deal between the Healey...
[ad_1] BOSTON — Investigators uncovered more than $2.3 million in welfare fraud in the most recent quarter, according to state Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office. The office’s...
[ad_1] BOSTON — Rising labor costs and a stagnant workforce are threatening Massachusetts’ status as a leader in innovation and economic growth, according to a new...
[ad_1] Editor’s note: The share of the U.S. population older than 65 keeps rising – and will for decades to come. Since nearly half of Americans...
[ad_1] BOSTON — Nursing homes would be required to meet stringent staffing requirements under new Biden administration rules that the long-term care industry says are “unattainable”...
[ad_1] BOSTON — The number of senior citizens enrolled in the state’s Medicare savings programs has increased since eligibility was expanded to help more beneficiaries pay...
[ad_1] BOSTON — Downtowns, youth sports programs, churches, food pantries and nonprofits are among the myriad interests angling for a piece of the state’s nearly $58...
[ad_1] BOSTON — State education officials are being sued over claims that they aren’t providing adequate special-needs services for older, incarcerated youth serving time in county...
[ad_1] The inability of the city of Gloucester and its schools to fully close a $6.1 million shortfall between the cost of a level-service budget and...
[ad_1] MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — To residents Gretchen Wood and Lisa Bonneville, the town’s library is a dream. But Wood and Bonneville want that dream to be accessible...
[ad_1] NEWBURYPORT — When City Clerk Richard Jones recently received a photo of a man with a partially amputated left toe, little did he know it would...
[ad_1] Former Harbormaster Thomas “T.J.” Ciarametaro says he was “wrongfully terminated” in the wake of revelations by Mayor Greg Verga of “wrongdoing” by the harbormaster’s office...
[ad_1] BOSTON — Financial relief from college debt is coming for hundreds of mental health workers under a state loan repayment program aimed at easing workforce...
[ad_1] The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 14% of the population, 37.1 million people, provide unpaid eldercare in the United States. These millions of...
[ad_1] Texas’ attorney general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to stop a guaranteed income program set to start this month for Houston-area residents. The program...
[ad_1] DANVERS — Brother and sister duo Jackson and Taylor Skane, of Danvers, have been advocating for autism most of their lives. On Friday, they were...
[ad_1] BOSTON — Money is flowing into state and county correctional facilities to help treat substance abuse disorders, putting sheriffs and jail wardens on the front...
[ad_1] Even with the city planning to kick in $3 million of a proposed $6.1 million increase to keep Gloucester schools level funded in the new...
[ad_1] With an array of more than 50 state financial aid programs available to college students, public higher education officials are embarking on an effort to...
[ad_1] BOSTON — The battle over unionizing Uber and Lyft drivers returns Tuesday to Beacon Hill with a legislative committee set to take up several proposed...