State Lawmakers

The Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County says it needs more state funding to provide treatment and counseling support for sexually-abused children and their families. Center officials and their supporters met with state lawmakers Friday in Fall River, making a case for additional funding...

Pace's Fuel Assistance program has just about spent all its money, but according to Director Bruce Morell many low income people are still calling and asking for vouchers to purchase heating oil. Funding in the Federal Fuel Assistance program has been declining since 2008 and Morell is hoping the Governor and State lawmakers will step up........

A group of Massachusetts lawmakers has proposed legislation that would require juveniles convicted of first-degree murder to serve a minimum of 35 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole. The proposal comes in response to recent rulings by the U.S. S...