With education facing impending cuts at the federal level, the new $61 billion state budget continues free school lunches, ...

Teachers, police officers, firefighters and other workers live in overcrowded and substandard housing, or even in their cars ...

Local officials are sounding off on the decision by President Donald J. Trump’s administration to withhold millions of ...

The 204, a former middle school in Harwich, has been transformed into a thriving arts and cultural center. With 36 studios, ...

Western Mass News reached out to the Massachusetts Teachers Association for comment. They told us they agree with device free ...

Five marijuana-related bills in Massachusetts have been scheduled for public hearings in the Joint Committee on Cannabis ...

Governor Maura Healey says she supports a bill that is gaining traction on Beacon Hill that would ban cell phones in public ...

Antisemitism is a harmful issue on the rise in Massachusetts, according to a draft report from a bipartisan statehouse ...

The state Senate advanced a bill Tuesday night that would require public schools to restrict phone use. The Joint Education Committee redrafted legislation combining seven different Senate bills, ...

The National Institutes of Health announced major reductions to indirect costs for research funding Feb. 7 in a move many experts say would cause serious harm to lifesaving medical ...

The Massachusetts State Senate is gearing up for the next step in a growing debate over the benefits or harms that come with cellphones in K-12 classrooms.