Maura Healey on Monday signed an executive order creating a position of poet laureate in Massachusetts for the first time.

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

Massachusetts’s students are back to being the top in the U.S. for all categories in a test known as the “Nation’s Report Card” — but still remain well behind the ...

(See the full list of Maine’s official state symbols below.) Maine’s 31 symbols may seem like a lot but Texas has more than 70, while Tennessee has more than 60 and Massachusetts has more than ...

Gov. Maura Healey plans to close a state-operated public health hospital in Canton, her administration confirmed Tuesday afternoon. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which first disclosed the ...

All told, Massachusetts’ top elected official spent all or parts of at least 76 days out of state during 2024 — the equivalent of 2½ months — far exceeding her total from the year before ...

The Massachusetts Senator held a roundtable with other state officials Tuesday to discuss President Trump’s political agenda and the implications it could have on the commonwealth over the next ...

BOSTON - Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that the state has agreed to repay the federal government $2.1 billion because of a mistake made years ago with pandemic-era unemployment ...

Healey said employers will not see any increase in their tax rates until at least 2026, while Massachusetts is weighing changes to its unemployment insurance system. The state will take $73 ...

Massachusetts must pay the federal government $2.1 billion over the next 10 years to resolve a debt after the state under former GOP Gov. Charlie Baker's administration mistakenly used federal ...

1. C; 2. A; 3. A; 4. B; 5. A; 6. A and C; 7. C To learn more about Nevada’s symbols, visit https://www.leg.state.nv.us/assembly/visit/education/primary/nevadas ...