In front of a crowd of 7,000 graduates and about 25,000 family members on Nickerson Field, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick encouraged Boston University's graduating Class of 2014 to remember the importance...

Boston has been ranked among the country’s most bike-friendly and energy-efficient cities with one of its most trafficked public transportation systems in 2013, but how those trends will continue is...

Mayor-elect Martin Walsh put together his advising group Tuesday, a group of more than 200 teachers, union leaders, artists, policy makers and other experts, to discuss policy ideas and pave the way for...

The following crime reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Nov. 26 to Dec. 3. Suspect bites and kicks victim, officers and EMTs At about 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 26, officers responded...

With the holiday season in full swing, Mass. Attorney Gen. Martha Coakley warned residents to be careful to whom they donate money after a Wednesday report was released stating that in 2012, 34 percent...

For the second time in two years, fines for illegal fare evasion on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subway may increase, according to new legislation. The Joint Committee on Transportation...

In an effort to continue to promote economic growth in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick guaranteed more than $1 billion for affordable housing programs in Boston and...

Members of the special commission established by Massachusetts law to study the feasibility of hosting the Summer Olympic Games in 2024 met for the first time in the State House on Thursday to raise...

As the United States recovers from the Great Recession of 2008, the Commonwealth’s gross domestic product has seen more progress compared to the nation as a whole, according to two reports released on...

After two decades of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh was elected mayor of Boston over City Councilor John Connolly Tuesday in one of the closest elections in the history of the...

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority received funding to expand the Silver Line to link South Station, the Seaport District, East Boston and Chelsea, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick announced Wednesday. The...

Thousands of people took to the streets Wednesday night to celebrate as the Boston Red Sox clinched the 2013 World Series. The Red Sox won Game 6 against the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 6-1. It...