Sen. Mark Montigny

BOSTON (AP) _ Massachusetts Senate President Harriette Chandler has put in place a new leadership team for the remainder of the legislative session on Beacon Hill. Chandler, a Worcester Democrat, agreed to lead the chamber after former Senate President Stan Rosenberg stepped aside from the post in December...

The Middleborough Board of Selectmen elected to delay voting on the proposal for a 'Middleborough Alternative' to South Coast Rail.

The Massachusetts Legislature wrapped up their session at Midnight on Monday dealing with a flurry of bills.

A bill that could expand the amount of lobster processing done in New Bedford and elsewhere in Massachusetts has been approved by the State Senate. The measure was initially filed by Senator Bruce Tarr and is supported by State Senator Mark Montigny of New Bedford...

A major marine science hub is coming to New Bedford. State and local officials broke ground Friday for a new $55 million, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Marine Science and Technology building, to join the original SMAST building on Clark's Cove...

A long-awaited project for New Bedford is the subject of an announcement from Beacon hill. State Senator Mark Montigny of New Bedford says Governor Baker has agreed to release funding for the construction of a new building at the UMass Dartmouth School of Marine Science and Technology in the South End...

The Baker Administration is awarding grants totaling almost $400,000 for workforce training at four New Bedford businesses. The recipients include AHEAD LLC, H-T-P, Nameplates for Industry Inc., and Poyant Signs Inc. State Senator Mark Montigny says the grant money will be used to train 321 employees and create 20 new jobs...

State Senator Mark Montigny of New Bedford belives it's time for the Legislature and Governor to take a close look at all expenses in the University of Massachusetts System.

The privately owned Smith-Robinson landfill off Old Fall River Road in Dartmouth is back in the news.  State Senator Mark Montigny has written the Mass. Department of Environmental Project, asking them to halt plans to truck contaminated soil from Boston to Dartmouth, in order to cap the Smith-Robinson landfill...

State Senator Mark Montigny says there should have been more regulation on the Mass. Compounding Pharmacies right from the start.  One such pharmacy, the New England Compounding Center of Framingham, is being blamed for producing a tainted steroid that officials say caused  a nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis, and 44 deaths.  T...