Massachusetts license plates featuring Dr. Seuss’s iconic Cat in the Hat began rolling out this year and now drivers can bid on low numbers.

A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...

Join the Cape Cod Times as we head to sea on the last leg of the Mass. Maritime Academy sea term, from Tampa, Florida back to ...

The origins of Black History Month can be traced back to 1915, when Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a historian and author, founded ...

City councilor Daniel Minton, a retired Quincy police lieutenant, publicly opposed plans to place a statue of St. Michael on ...

The Jordanian leader, who kicked off a three-day U.S. visit on Sunday, is also set to meet with President Donald Trump and ...

The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker is set to give his State of the State in February, where he'll lay out his budget plans. “We’re going to lose programs,” Rep. Gregg Johnson, D-East Moline, said.

"Officials here follow the law. We are not a sanctuary state," Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey told reporters when she was asked about new immigration policy from President Trump at a news ...

Gov. Maura Healey plans to close a state-operated public health hospital in Canton, her administration confirmed Tuesday afternoon. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which first disclosed the ...

All told, Massachusetts’ top elected official spent all or parts of at least 76 days out of state during 2024 — the equivalent of 2½ months — far exceeding her total from the year before ...

(WWLP/SHNS) – Gov. Maura Healey announced a plan Tuesday to pump at least $2.5 billion into facilities at the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges by the middle ...