From 2019 through June 2024, more than 14,000 people filed allegations of discrimination, in employment or housing disputes, with the independent state agency. It has struggled to keep up with its caseloads, and last year, it logged a 15% increase in new filings, totaling over 3,500 claims.

Seeking safety from anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, a family left South Carolina for Massachusetts, looking for legal protections and a safer future for their children.

In taking on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, the 57-year-old scion of a paper and football fortune will have to persuade voters why they should elect him.

Earlier this month, state Sen. Peter Durant introduced a bill that would invest the state's unallocated or uncommitted surplus funds into bitcoin and other digital currencies.

Jim Brett, president and CEO of the regional business group The New England Council, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about how the impending tariffs might impact Massachusetts.

A Needham man is grateful for his cousin's release from Hamas captivity on Saturday morning.

Needham resident Jason Greenberg told WBUR Weekend Edition host Sharon Brody that his cousin, Ofer Kalderon looked gaunt and seemed disoriented when he was freed.

Greenberg adds that his cousin is "overjoyed" to be reunited with family.

The club's chief executive, Doug Zeghibe, identified the skaters as 16-year-old Spencer Lane and 13-year-old Jinna Han. Their mothers are Christine Lane and Jin Han, and the coaches are Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.

The census, or Point-in-Time count, is required by the federal government and helps officials determine how to direct federal, state and city funds for housing and homeless service programs.

Massachusetts has quickly become a flashpoint for immigration enforcement, first with Fox hyping arrests in Boston. And now Republican Rep. James Comer, of Kentucky, has asked Mayor Michelle Wu to testify about the city’s policies on working with federal agents.

As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings begin, some local physicians worry the anti-vaccine activist may promote unfounded fears about vaccine safety. And the medical industry professionals warn eroding vaccination rates could fuel disease outbreaks.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey discussed a slew of issues facing the state, including immigration and recent moves by the Trump administration to put a freeze on federal grants and loans.