The inundations were unexpected because most of the properties were outside of the federal government’s officially designated flood zones. For years, experts have criticized the maps created by ...

Massachusetts leaders are pushing a piece of legislation that would protect first responders from harassment.The Halo Act ...

Assembly Bill 3074 requires 5-foot ember-resistant zones around residences in riskier areas, but the state has lagged on ...

A panel of appeals judges have vacated, but not reversed, an order finding that the Karen Read trial buffer zone for protesters is valid and constitutional. The appeals court is now sending the ...

A court of appeals deemed a buffer zone around the Dedham courthouse constitutional, but suggested revisiting rules to allow peaceful protest during Karen Read's murder trial. Read supporters sued ...