Lucas: What surely must have President Trump shaking in his boots was the vow by Democrat state Senate President Karen Spilka ...

The bill aims to protect health care professionals and lawyers who represent people who seek reproductive or gender-identity ...

Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate pledged to advance sweeping legislation Monday that they argue protects ...

The Mass. Senate Committee on Steering and Policy will be responsible for responding to Trump directives, Senate President Karen Spilka says.

A new bill under consideration in the Massachusetts Senate would ramp up protections for individuals receiving and providing ...

Senate President Karen Spilka tapped an Arlington Democrat to start crafting a response to President Donald Trump’s actions that have impacted Massachusetts, a move that comes months into his second ...

Senate Democrats announced a bill on Monday that aims to guarantee continued access to reproductive and transgender care in Massachusetts, regardless of federal action.

It looks like it’s back to the drawing board for Gov. Maura Healey in her bid to extract more revenue to support her spending ...

At a Beacon Hill hearing, state lawmakers weighed the split between education and transportation spending, as well as ...

The Healey Administration condemns the federal government's termination of $106 million in K-12 education grant funding for ...

"There’s not one bill or action that we can pass that will fully cover us, and we will work to fill the gaps as best as possible," Sen. Cindy Friedman, D-4th Middlesex.

The state Department of Public Health held a public hearing regarding plans to reduce the level of maternity services at ...