To house people in the county’s Behavioral Health Court and other specialty court programs in a more financially sustainable ...

THOU DOTH PORTEST — Protests are set to pop up around the Bay State this weekend, capping off a week of tension between the ...

“Even if (the law) was an unfunded mandate, the Municipalities have merely alleged speculative apartments regarding any ...

The Duxbury Selectboard has decided not to appeal the Massachusetts Superior Court judge’s ruling Friday that dismissed its lawsuit challenging the MBTA Communities Act as an unfunded mandate. In his ...

Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has announced that it will make about 450 acres statewide available for housing.

On June 6, a Superior Court judge dismissed lawsuits from by nine towns challenging the MBTA Communities law. Here's why.

The Superior Court sided with the Massachusetts AG's office, dismissing lawsuits against the MBTA Communities Law, which requires zones for multi-family housing near public transit.

Massachusetts is unleashing land for housing developers ... In the next six months, RFPs are expected to be issued for vacant court buildings in Lowell and Fitchburg, as well as for vacant ...

I didn't even know," he said. It was a warrant for his arrest on drug charges from years ago, and it was a hurdle to getting housing. Enter homeless court, held in a community room in the Pine ...

Sen. Lydia Edwards gives remarks about the new eviction record sealing law outside Eastern Housing Court in Boston on May 5, 2025. A new law went into effect on Monday that allows Massachusetts ...

This January, though, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that the state had the right to force compliance. Will Rhatigan, the MBTA Communities engagement manager for the Citizens’ Housing and ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – A big swath of the Massachusetts court system ... The seven Trial Court departments are District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Housing Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Probate ...