The embattled former aide to Gov. Maura Healey in her Western Massachusetts office, LaMar Cook, has been released from custody after being kept in jail since October as he faces drug and gun charges.

Governor Maura Healey has increased Home Energy Assistance Program benefits for tens of thousands of Massachusetts households to help them stay warm during the record-cold winter.

For months, municipal leaders in Massachusetts have been pleading with state lawmakers to make changes to what they say is a broken funding system.

Gov. Maura Healey's office said yesterday that this winter's persistently cold temperatures drained benefits for most of the Massachusetts households enrolled in the state's Home Energy Assistance ...

A new $4.4 million fund established by the city of Boston and local nonprofit organizations will help immigrants access legal assistance, basic necessities and other important resources. Boston is ...