U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey hosted a public listening session Monday at the State House to learn how to best approach the Commonwealth’s suffering fishing industry and how to protect...

Businesses in Brookline are attempting to figure out how they will stop using polystyrene products due to a ban implemented by the town that will be take effect on Dec. 1. “[The ban] affects about...

In order to expand the residential and retail area of Fenway, Samuels & Associates announced Monday a proposed addition to the Landmark Center. If approved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority,...

Trying to compromise on the reformation of the Massachusetts bottle deposit law, two opposing parties attempted to reach a negotiation at a hearing on Sept. 17 at the Massachusetts State House about...

Boston’s skyline will soon see a major new addition, as a real estate firm is set to construct the third-tallest building in the Hub to add to the iconic John Hancock Tower and Prudential Tower. Real...

The City of Boston was selected as a recipient of a 2013 Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant on Friday, a program that funds infrastructure projects around the country to help...

Seeing more than half of its federal security funding cut, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority received only $3.25 million in federal funds in 2013 compared to the $6.6 million it received in...

Mass. Sen. Will Brownsberger, representative for the Second Suffolk and Middlesex county where Boston University is located, kicked off his campaign on Saturday for the U.S. Representative seat vacated...

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced Tuesday that funding opportunities from the Small Business Administration would be made available to businesses affected by the Boston Marathon bombings starting May...

Despite an overall increase in the air quality of Massachusetts since 2012, several counties still have an unsafe level of ozone pollution and would need to improve the air quality for the future, according...

Boston University students began reaching out to prospective students via Facebook and Twitter after BU Admissions officials canceled the Open House programs scheduled for Friday and Saturday due to the...

The Massachusetts House of Representatives unveiled a state budget plan April 10 calling for about $1 billion less in total spending than Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick’s plan. “In fiscal year 2014, the...