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The governor said the selection of an offshore wind power supplier could be pushed back "a few weeks" from Monday, when evaluators previously planned to announce their choice.

Gov. Charlie Baker says he's not planning to meet with Vice President Mike Pence when the fellow Republican travels to Boston to attend a Republican event.

Democratic candidate for governor Setti Warren joined WBSM's Chris McCarthy for a brief chat on a number of topics.

Massachusetts already has a ban on the ownership of assault weapons, but one Democrat for governor thinks the state could do more to disassociate itself from the types of firearms that have been used to execute multiple mass shootings around the country.

On the opioid abuse front, Baker called on the Legislature to pass his Cares Act, and pledged that over the next five years his administration has plans to add 500 new treatments beds.

Gov. Baker plans to recommend $15 million in additional state funding for districts that are educating students displaced by hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

BOSTON (AP) _ For Massachusetts politicos, 2017 had been something of a breather after the tumultuous 2016 presidential contest. This year should more than make up for the lull with big contests on Beacon Hill and in Congress. At the Statehouse, the top contest is the race for governor...

Marijuana legalization opponents will outnumber supporters four to one on the new commission that will spearhead the state's efforts to get a legal marijuana industry up and running by next summer and then regulate the newly legal market.

BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker's administration is rolling out a new set of rules on greenhouse gas emissions. The regulations to be announced Friday are aimed at bringing Massachusetts into compliance with an ambitious state law that calls for a 25 percent reduction in emissions by the end of the decade...

BOSTON (AP) _ Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has proposed legislation that would allow state and local police officers to cooperate with federal immigration officials by holding people who have committed violent crimes. The bill was filed Tuesday in response to a recent decision by the state's highest court...