Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Massachusetts last week compared with the week prior.

As of a month ago, much of the state was still in a severe drought, with other regions in moderate droughts at the time.

Ashland, Mass., residents Lisa and Joshua Urovitch had falsely claimed to reside at a house they own in Concord, N.H., that they have rented to tenants since 2020.

Cicadas will be returning in 2025, and this time there will be a brood in Massachusetts. "In 2025, 17-year periodical cicadas, also known as Brood XIV, will emerge in parts of the United States," The Nature Conservancy states on its website.

Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.

Players at St. Sebastian’s, Xaverian Brothers, Dexter Southfield, and Arlington met with the former Patriots coach.

Two Massachusetts Democrats sent a letter to various regulators asking them to open an investigation into President Trump’s and first lady Melania Trump’s recently launched meme coins.

Massachusetts imports a small but significant fraction of its electricity from Quebec. If the 25% tariffs that President Trump has promised on “all products” from Canada takes effect, state officials

School bus drivers in the second largest city in Massachusetts are urged to keep students on the bus if an immigration agent is waiting for them.

Massachusetts owes the federal government $2.1 billion because of a mistake made years ago with​ unemployment benefits.

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $62B FY26 budget proposal that attempts to address slower revenue growth during the post-pandemic era by relying on a voter-approved surtax to buoy spending decisions and

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined 10 other state attorneys general to assert that the the federal government can't enlist state and local police to enforce its new immigration