Statehouse

Because of the pandemic, the building has been closed to the public for more than 700 days.

State lawmakers will discuss a bill that would authorize safe injection sites for addicts to use illegal drugs under the supervision of medical professionals.

Sheriff Tom Hodgson is continuing to voice his opposition to a proposed bill that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain a Massachusetts driver’s license.

The bill would require that research labs spare animals from automatic euthanasia and instead use animal rescue organizations to help get the pets adopted.

Zero emissions by the year 2050 is the goal of a new bill filed in the Massachusetts Statehouse.

BOSTON — Activists have scheduled a variety of events to remember victims of traffic crashes in Massachusetts. On Sunday, the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition is organizing a series of actions to recall those who have died recently on area roads, including an elderly man killed while walking in Boston's West Roxbury neighborhood and a 24-year-old man killed biking near the Museum of Science...

BOSTON (AP) — The high-tech whiz kids are starting to flex their political muscles on Beacon Hill, pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into lobbying aimed at appealing to Massachusetts lawmakers and helping craft public policy. Last year, 77 high-tech companies spent about $5...

(Associated Press) - South Carolina's governor has signed a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, more than 50 years after it was raised in protest of the civil rights movement. Gov. Nikki Haley signed the bill Thursday on the second floor of the Statehouse, where through a window the secessionist battle flag was visible outside...

Former Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox is expected to plead guilty to charges of bribery, wire fraud and filing a false tax return following an investigation that included a dramatic federal raid on the Statehouse.

Gina Raimondo will be sworn in as Rhode Island's first female governor in a ceremony outside the Statehouse.