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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 Bo…

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 thro…

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.

Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick and the man who will succeed him, Republican Charlie Baker, have met for first time since Baker's narrow election victory over Martha Coakley.
The two huddled privately for about 45 minutes in Patrick's office on Wednesday to discuss the transition of power on …

Rep. Chris Markey of Dartmouth is thanking his supporters and campaign volunteers for helping him in his victorious re-election campaign.
Markey easily defeated Patrick Curren of Dartmouth in the 9th Bristol District, which includes the town of Dartmouth and two precincts in New Bedford...