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New data shows Massachusetts residents face the nation's third-highest cost of living, paying a median of $2,668 monthly on household bills.

Just a few months ago we were telling you about the new Massachusetts laws going into effect for 2022. Now nearly a dozen new bills have been introduced with hopes of becoming laws, too. Every year the Massachusetts legislature works out which bills will become laws. If you grew u...

The New Bedford City Council unanimously voted to lower the City's tax rates for residential and commercial property owners Tuesday night.

A Boston man is arrested in Dartmouth for allegedly using counterfeit money at a store in the Dartmouth Mall.

Wednesday morning, the Massachusetts House of Representatives will vote on two bills proposed by State Representative Antonio Cabral of New Bedford, aimed at blocking Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson's proposed programs. That includes the partnership between the Bristol County Sheriff's Office and federal immigration authorities, commonly known as the 287(g) agreement, as well as the inmate p

BOSTON (State House News Service) — A shared interest in preserving public safety fueled the arguments made Monday for and against legislation that would prohibit the use of state resources to enforce immigration law through certain types of partnerships between state and federal agencies...

The Massachusetts Legislature has ended its formal two-year session with a flurry of last-minute action on major bills.

A man from Scituate, Massachusetts was accused of stealing mail and other delivered items, such as letters, bills, small packages, and flyers in front of houses in East Taunton, Falmouth, Mashpee, Marston Mills, Cotuit, Wareham and Sagamore.

Shoppers at an eastern Massachusetts toy store are getting an early Christmas present: All their layaway bills totaling $20,000 have been paid off by an anonymous woman dubbed "layaway angel."