State Rep. Chris Markey

Lawmakers from D.C. and Beacon Hill were among those who showed up to a nearly empty New Bedford warehouse Thursday morning for a tour of Bristol Community College's latest project: a planned training facility for offshore wind green jobs.

State Rep. Chris Markey is not in favor of a pair of controversial bills calling for safe injection sites and driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.

State Rep. Chris Markey has filed a bill that aims to temporarily pause the application process in the city until January 15.

Plans to dump truckloads of contamination soil from the Boston area into a privately-owned landfill in North Dartmouth is raising lots of concern in the town.  The plan, orchestrated by the state D-E-P, calls for 300 truckloads a week, over a three year period, to be dumped at the Robinson-Smith landfill off Old Fall River Road...

Dartmouth Police Chief Timothy Lee says his department will seek a court complaint against a man who allegedly assaulted State Rep. Chris Markey over the weekend. Chief Lee tells WBSM News, Markey filed a report on Monday, claiming he was assaulted Saturday outside the Cushman School by a man identified as David Oliveira...