One union is alerting Massachusetts public sector employees the state has proposed reducing full-time workers with buyouts of $10,000 for resignations and $20,000 for retirement, according to an email sent out to members.

Rise and shine! The polls are open almost everywhere from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for (municipal) Election Day in Massachusetts. There are no statewide races on the ballot. But voters in 55 cities and towns will be picking their local representatives, from their mayor to their city councilor to their school committee members.

Setti Warren, the former mayor of Newton who also ran for governor in Massachusetts and the U.S. Senate, died unexpectedly at his home.

Crews are battling a fire at Turtle Tavern in Milford, Massachusetts. Heavy flames are visible from the roof, and Main Street is closed to traffic.

The Massachusetts House passed a sweeping early literacy reform bill this week by a vote of 155-0 — despite opposition from the state's largest teacher's union. As the legislation moves to the Senate,

Residents of Wayland, Massachusetts rallied together against hate Monday after a racist incident​ at the high school last week.

Christian foster parents lost their license in Massachusetts after refusing to sign a gender identity contract, sparking a religious liberty lawsuit and federal intervention.

On Tuesday at 1:28 a.m. a wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service valid between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. for Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties.

A fight over whether a Massachusetts city can display Catholic statues on its new police headquarters follows similar litigation around the country.

In David’s home state of Massachusetts, the assets of a person who dies intestate go into probate (the legal process by which the validity of a will is established) just as they would had David’s father left a will. The key difference is that the distribution is determined by the state’s intestacy laws instead of by the deceased person’s wishes.

For the first time ever, the Massachusetts Nipmuc third- and fourth-grade flag football Super Bowl champion team is made up entirely of girls.