State Senator Michael Rodrigues of Westport is leading a group of 14 legislators on a trip to Portugal to study that country's approach to the opioid crisis.
A new study, conducted by the University of Massachusetts, found seat belt usage rose nearly 8 percent from 2017 to 2018, but still below the national average.
According to a new study conducted by an SMAST professor, an estimated 300 jobs have been lost due to NOAA's decision to shut down groundfishing in Sector IX.
DARTMOUTH - Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is defending his staff after a recent report showed that suicides among inmates in his department were more than double that of houses of correction in other Massachusetts counties.
The report from WGBH says that since 2006, Bristol County has had 50% more suicides in their jails than Suffolk County, and more than twice as many as Essex and Worcest