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Representative Antonio F. D. Cabral (D-New Bedford) secured funding for New Bedford, Gateway Cities, and citizens in-need throughout the Commonwealth in the Fiscal Year 2018 state budget passed by the House of Representatives yesterday. Rep...

The Massachusetts House of Representative and Senate agreed Friday to compromise on a one-year, $200 million local road repair bill. Earlier this month the Senate passed its version of the bill which contained two years' worth of funding rather than the one year proposed by the House...

NEW BEDFORD - A house fire in New Bedford's North End causes heavy damage and leaves one woman hospitalized. The New Bedford Fire Department responded to the home at 146 Maryland street around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday with four engines and two ladders...

While visiting the Southcoast Friday for multiple events, Senators Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Governor Charlie Baker chimed in on the failed Republican bill aimed at repealing Obamacare.

WESTPORT - A Westport man was injured in a fire at his home over the weekend. Westport Fire officials say the fire was reported early Saturday morning at a one-story home on Old Harbor Road. They found heavy fire and smoke pouring from the home upon their arrival...

DARTMOUTH - A small basement fire broke out at a home located at 179 Rogers St. Tuesday afternoon.

The time has come for a good old fashioned House cleaning...and a Senate cleaning too! The members of the New Bedford Legislative Delegation have been around too long and have proven to be largely ineffective.  It's time for change...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell was in Washington, DC on Thursday to testify before the House Subcommittee on Environment. The hearing was entitled "Modernizing Environment Laws: Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding Infrastructure and Promoting Development and Manufacturing...

BOSTON (AP) - Legislative leaders have made clear they're not through with making changes to the voter-approved recreational marijuana initiative, but it remains to be seen whether future action amounts to an overhaul of or a mere tinkering with the new law...

FALL RIVER - A culinary teacher at Diman Regional Voc-Tech in Fall River is being accused by several students of making anti-gay remarks. The accusation started as a Facebook post Tuesday night that went viral. Marissa Farias says her 16-year-old brother, Joshua, had made a gingerbread house with a rainbow-colored roof for a culinary project when Chef Jeffrey Coulombe made the insensitive remarks.