Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña raised eyebrows when he named William Castro as the city’s acting police chief in October 2023.

Republican state Sen. Peter Durant said he welcomes the increased scrutiny — and called on the Healey administration to disclose the nature of the inspections, and details of what they reveal.

Massachusetts State Police have released body camera footage from the arrest of Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi back in ...

We speak directly to the sheriff about what happened that day, from his perspective, as Mass. State Police release bodycam ...

Cole Moment was pronounced dead at the WIN Waste Innovations facility in Saugus Dec. 31 after an employee found him ...

The blue state recorded 316 'serious incident' reports at hotels, congregate sites, scattered sites and co-shelters within ...

The Herald is back for the 18th year of “Your Tax Dollars at Work” payroll and database rolling report. Check back here for all our data-driven reporting. And, here’s what we ...

The Herald obtained the “Serious Incident Reports Tracker Data” through a public records request. Because the state withheld ...

Massachusetts’ statewide payroll climbed again in 2024, with many of the top earners hailing from the same department.

The educational software giant said it doesn’t anticipate any of the compromised information “being shared or made public,” as a review of the incident continues.

As he prepares to step down next week from leading federal prosecutions in Massachusetts, U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said he ...