Gov. Maura Healey said Friday the state will conduct full criminal background checks on all emergency shelter residents, ...

Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis will oversee the investigation that will take a closer look at every shelter ...

Speaking to reporters after an unrelated event on Thursday, State Sen. Peter Durant, R-Worcester/Hampshire, a spending hawk, ...

A Republican state senator backed by a coalition of gun rights advocates plans to file a suite of bills this month that ...

Gov. Healey said she was recently informed that CORI checks at Massachusetts shelters weren't happening. WBZ-TV's Tiffany ...

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $425 million spending bill Tuesday that attempts to drain nearly all of an account filled with ...

The Massachusetts Republican Party tapped Rep. Marcus Vaughn, a Republican from Wrentham, to offer a rebuttal to Gov. Maura ...

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $425 million spending bill Tuesday that attempts to drain nearly all of an account filled with ...

An undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site is accused of crimes including illegal possession of an AR-15 ...

Whether it’s incompetence, intransigence, or negligence, changes must be made,” House Minority Leader Brad Jones said.

A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on ...

The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.