The suspect is accused of vandalizing the State House, the George Washington Memorial in the Public Garden and two buildings at MIT.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from recent sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.

Numerous criminal cases have been dismissed in Boston amid a pay dispute affecting public defenders. The shortage of legal representation, due to underfunded attorney compensation, has led to the ...

As Asheville ranked first in the state for pedestrian crashes per capita from 2015-24, officials now look at panhandling ...

A single justice of the state’s highest court largely denied a petition from the Committee for Public Counsel Services asking her to impose a rare protocol in the juvenile courts amid an ongoing work ...

Public defenders in Massachusetts went on strike many weeks ago because they want a pay raise. The state responded with a $20 raise over two years but most of the defenders said no thanks. They ...

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from recent sessions. There were no ...

Last month, a work stoppage by lawyers in Massachusetts who represent indigent defendants forced judges to dismiss cases against hundreds of people who had been accused of crimes, including violent ...

More than 100 cases were dismissed out of Boston Municipal Court amid the statewide public defender strike. What about in Brockton area courts?

Massachusetts ballot proposals, including rent control and zoning reforms, face a critical filing deadline today to qualify for the 2026 election cycle.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has approved a $20 hourly pay raise for public defenders in an effort to end their ongoing ...

Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday signed the supplemental spending bill she first filed in early April, including the ...