Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is proposing to significantly tighten the rules on who is allowed into the state’s emergency ...

Across the country from the California wildfires, researchers in Massachusetts are working to recreate a smaller-scale ...

The poll, conducted late last year, surveyed roughly 1,500 Massachusetts parents with children in kindergarten through ...

Environmental advocates are calling for a ban the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer. An EPA draft report found that there ...

From John Wilson's depictions of racial prejudice and disenfranchisement to the colorful works of Cicely Carew, this season's ...

Rep. Auchincloss joins WBUR's Morning Edition to express concern that American officials will not enforce a law he co-sponsored requiring the Chinese-owned app TikTok to be sold to a U.S.-based ...

Eelgrass is a critical habitat for fish, protects against coastal erosion and stores carbon. But it's threatened by pollution and climate change. Dozens of local scientists are working to protect and ...

Anxiety around access to contraceptive healthcare is at an all-time high, writes Kirsten Meisinger, a family doctor. The reality is that the political climate will not improve soon. But contrary to ...

Adi Alexander, the father of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, talks about the prospects for his son's return under an ...

Some schools have instituted cell phone bans during school hours, but the approach is just a Band-Aid, not a solution.

The federal government is withdrawing rules to slow down ships to save the dying right whale species, causing the ...

As Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice disputed Healey's claim that he "retired," Republicans and advocates for the shelter program ...