Paul Schmid

State Representative Paul A. Schmid III of Westport has announced he will not be seeking re-election in the 8th Bristol District.

New Bedford's lawmakers on Beacon Hill are warning city mayor Jon Mitchell about a draft lawsuit sent to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority about land takings for the South Coast Rail project.

For the second straight election, Westport Democrat State Representative Paul Schmid defeated Republican challenger Evan Gendreau in Massachusetts' 8th Bristol District.

Cities and towns on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts will be getting nearly $2 million in grant funding for dam and seawall repairs and improvements as part of a $19.2 million program to strengthen coastal infrastructure amid a changing climate.

City officials announced Friday that Parallel Products, the company that owns a recycling processing facility in the New Bedford Business Park, has abandoned plans to include sewage processing at its facility expansion project.

New Bedford city councilors were smart to skip Sen. Elizabeth Warren's photo op at a COVID-19 vaccination facility for New Bedford seafood industry workers.

The radical 'police reform' bill currently sitting on the desk of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has forced politicians into the public light.

The state congressional delegation from Greater Fall River has penned this guest column outlining why the region needs Ed Markey in the U.S. Senate.

The Massachusetts Legislature should not budge from Beacon Hill until a budget is in place. Period.

With less than two weeks before the Massachusetts Legislature recesses until January, there is a lot of work to get done.