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Mayor Jon Mitchell has appointed members of the Commission on Police Use of Force Policies announced last week after his signing of the 'Mayor’s Pledge.'

The head of the Traffic Commission for the City of New Bedford remains on the City's payroll amidst allegations of sexual harassment by one of his employees.

The possibility of a casino on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts isn't dead, after all.

The Board of Election Commissioners announce that Wednesday, October 17, is the last day to register to vote in the 2018 state and federal election.

The Group plans to make its recommendations on the airport by the end of 2018.

The attorney for Brian Gomes says a newly publicized complaint only serves to clear his client's name.

The Boston Business Journal released a report Tuesday, detailing complaints of employees inappropriately touching female patients while they were sedated.

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.

The City of New Bedford is undergoing an election recount of sorts tonight. Secretary of State William Galvin's Office randomly selected precincts throughout Massachusetts that would hand-count ballots from last week's election to ensure that regular and early voting was correctly implemented...

Early voting may be extremely convenient for voters when it's rolled out in Massachusetts for the first time next week, but it's causing a number of headaches for local election commissions. The new statewide initiative begins next week, with virtually no extra funding being funneled to cities and towns to staff polling locations from October 24 through November 4...