April 4, 2023 Massachusetts Gov. Healey creates 'Latino Empowerment' council Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is expected to sign an executive order establishing a Governor’s Council on Latino Empowerment.
April 4, 2023 Ownership of 2.8K-acre Vermont property transferred to federal government A new land conservation deal has transferred ownership of a wooded, 2,800-acre property in Vermont's Green Mountain National Forest to the federal government.
April 4, 2023 Massachusetts agrees to $40 million settlement in sergeant exam discrimination case A promotional exam to attain the rank of sergeant in Massachusetts allegedly discriminated against Black and Hispanic candidates. The state agreed to pay a $40M settlements in the case.
April 3, 2023 School superintendent candidate says job offer was rescinded after calling two females 'ladies' in email An incoming Massachusetts school superintendent is out of a job after he addressed two female school committee members as "ladies" in an email about his salary.
March 31, 2023 Massachusetts ex-cop accused of filing fake rental applications, stiffing landlords Former Stoneham, Massachusetts, Detective Sergeant Robert Kennedy, 53, has been charged with wire fraud for lying on three rental applications and withholding payments from landlords.
March 31, 2023 Kids, residents on alert as upscale Massachusetts town deals with 'aggressive' wild turkeys Massachusetts residents are struggling with a wild turkey population, even with attacks — causing parents to be more cautious about letting their children outdoors.
March 30, 2023 Brian Walshe indicted by Massachusetts grand jury for alleged murder of wife, Ana Walshe Brian Walshe was indicted by a Massachusetts grand jury on Thursday in the alleged murder of his wife, Ana Walshe in January after she went missing.
March 30, 2023 Massachusetts woman gets up to 7 years for infant niece's fatal beating Shu Feng Hsu, 32, of Quincy, Massachusetts, was sentenced to up to seven years in prison Thursday for beating her 11-month-old niece to death in 2018.
March 30, 2023 Massachusetts babysitter sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing 2 children she was caring for Nichole Cyr has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing two children she was babysitting. She documented and distributed the abuse.
March 29, 2023 Mel King, Boston civil rights figurehead and former mayoral candidate, dead at 94 Mel King, a prominent civil rights figurehead in Boston credited with much of the city's progress on integration in the 1970s and 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 94.