The hiring of a transgender person to the state Commission on the Status of Women is a first, the new board member testified, ...

In a life that took him from Harvard to the Navy, Washington, D.C., and becoming a professor, Mr. Baker was a "multifaceted ...

The moves are among the first signs Governor Maura Healey is officially kicking her reelection campaign into gear.

Transgender commissioner Giselle Byrd says she received death threats after her appointment; the commission and governor have ...

Gov. Maura Healey appointed longtime ally Gina Kwon to lead the state's public safety secretariat, succeeding a Gov. Charlie ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The father of former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has died. Charles D. Baker III attended Harvard Business School before serving as chairman of a Boston-based consulting firm.

A new appointee to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women received overt death threats this weekend and has been ...

One candidate donated $32,000 to Rep. Seth Moulton, one, previously donated to Sen. Ed Markey, and the wife of another ...

While the foul language and death threats appear to have come from right-wing sources, there is no Democrat monopoly on the ...

"I’m sorry, Ed. After 50 years of living in the swamp, you can’t relate,” Republican U.S. Senate hopeful John Deaton said ...

Three experts discuss the latest local news headlines, including a new housing report from the Boston Foundation and Boston's ...

A 1,200 megawatt transmission line carrying carbon-free electricity from Quebec to New England is expected to go online soon ...