Massachusetts

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu spoke to a joint committee on Beacon Hill Wednesday to advance her revised tax proposal. The mayor urged lawmakers to approve it in time for Gov. Maura Healey’s signature. Wu called the revised plan, with more protections for small businesses, a compromise, balancing the needs of residents and the business community. Boston’s commissioner of assessing used...

Scrutiny over Massachusetts State Police’s handling of murder investigations has boiled over in the past year. The Karen Read murder trial and the Sandra Birchmore case — only recently classified as a homicide because the federal government stepped in — have garnered headlines across the region and the nation. Those cases reignited passions for Jennifer Root Bannon, who lost her...

Wildlife experts are puzzled by the discovery of a dead racoon on Cape Cod with porcupine quills. “It was very odd,” said Stephanie Ellis, director of Wild Care Wildlife Rehab Center. “The racoon had, like, a wash cloth on its rump, but even more interestingly, its muzzle and arms were filled with porcupine quills.” The racoon was found Sunday afternoon...

Students in three Massachusetts communities have been out of school for nearly two weeks as teachers remain on strike. Melissa Wiley’s 9-year-old son, Nazayah, is ready to get back to class in Beverly, but schools in the city are empty — as are schools in Gloucester and Marblehead. All three districts will remain closed Thursday. Teachers the communities are demanding...

The case of Juston Root, killed by police after a chase from Boston into Brookline, highlights a conflict of interest some say exists when district attorneys investigate state police in such cases in Massachusetts.

With the snap of the fingers, we’ve entered a whole new realm in the weather pattern. Thursday’s rain is welcome, but there’s already lots of buzz and speculation on a potential Thanksgiving snowstorm. If you’re reading this, you’re likely searching for something concrete to make plans around. After all, it IS the holiday season, and the last thing you need...

A man was spray-painted in the face Tuesday during a city council meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts. City Manager Eric Batista said Wednesday that the incident occurred around the start of a meeting at Worcester City Hall. Police responded to a report of a fight around 6:30 p.m., arriving to find a resident with paint on his face. He told officers...

Four Massachusetts institutions are waiving tuition for families with annual household incomes under a certain amount. Brandeis University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are the latest schools to announce the move, joining all four University of Massachusetts’ campuses and College of the Holy Cross. The institutions will offer free or half tuition for students whose families make less than...

Over 110 years since the first canned cranberry sauce was made in Hanson, the jellied accoutrement is a mainstay at the Thanksgiving dinner table. 

A man died in a fire in Leominster, Massachusetts, overnight, according to fire officials. The Leominster Fire Department responded to a report of a fire in a condominium building on Meadow Pond Drive around 2 a.m. Firefighters arriving at the scene found a fire in the living room of one unit and a badly injured older adult inside. Firefighters removed...

MIT is also expanding its tuition-free program.

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Emergency crews continue to battle wildfires across Massachusetts, while we wait on much-needed rain coming Thursday.

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There were delays Wednesday morning on Route 128 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, where a pickup truck could be seen on its side. The overturned vehicle is on the northbound side of the expressway but traffic delays were visible in both directions. There was no immediate word on any injuries.

Rain is on the way Thursday, but our weather team tells us that it will barely put a dent in our normal rainfall totals.

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After unveiling new signage making visible the shift to new owner Brown University Health on Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Maura Healey toured Saint Anne’s Hospital and celebrated that Massachusetts did “something that no other state was able to do” as Steward Health Care collapsed. Saint Anne’s was one of eight Steward hospitals in Massachusetts whose futures were thrown into doubt earlier...

The Massachusetts State Police have disciplined the former head of a unit that investigated Karen Read, making him forfeit six days of accrued leave after an internal investigation. Col. Geoffrey Noble announced Tuesday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who formerly led the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office’s detective unit, was found to have violated department rules and regulations. Tully...

A Revere gym aims to help instill confidence and determination in underprivileged youth.

Massachusetts has been making big investments in offshore wind power as a source of renewable energy, but President-elect Trump has promised to pull the plug on the industry. 

As key stakeholders meeting Tuesday, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey asked, “why would you want to kill tens of thousands of jobs?”

Dubbing persistent debt the “original sin” saddling public transportation, a watchdog group called on Beacon Hill to make debt relief a central part of the next MBTA financial rescue plan. The MBTA Advisory Board, an independent group that represents Massachusetts cities and towns that help fund the T, took a deep dive through the history of public transit in Boston...

A Haitian man charged with raping a 15-year-old at a hotel serving as an emergency shelter for migrant families in Rockland, Massachusetts, this March won’t have his bail lowered.