BOSTON (AP) _ Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to delay some key provisions of the state's new recreational marijuana law. The Legislature, without debate, approved a bill on Wednesday that pushes back by six months several upcoming deadlines in the voter-approved law...
Massachusetts police officers will soon have the authority to place into protective custody a person who's believed to be in the throes of a drug overdose, even without their consent. Supporters of the change recently adopted by the Democratic-controlled Legislature and Republican Gov...
Negotiated raises will be paid to members of four employee unions at UMass Dartmouth, ending a stalemate that had lasted for months. The UMass Board of Trustees authorized the payments Wednesday at a meeting in Worcester. The funding was recently approved in a supplemental budget approved by the Legi…
A new state law sets strict limits on the number of patients that registered nurses who work in hospital intensive care units can be assigned to at a given time. The law, approved by the Legislature in June, took effect this week in Massachusetts...