The Jackson Parish Ambulance Service received a grant to create a life jacket loaning station in Jimmie Davis State Park.

The No. 1 state park in the United States is in stunningly, surreally beautiful Upstate New York. That’s the verdict from voters, who recently named Letchworth State Park the best state park in ...

The state has announced more than $10 million in funding to support animal shelter improvements across the state, including money for two area shelters. In the Capital Region, the Columbia Greene ...

MONROE LAKE – The Monroe Lake reservoir water level is currently more than 11 feet above normal pool, as we are retaining water to alleviate downstream flooding. At this time, officials cannot ...

Gov. Maura Healey’s administration approved “improper and unlawful” no-bid contracts for food and transportation services as part of the state-run emergency shelter system housing migrants ...

Thirty-two hotel shelters remain, down from a peak of 100 in the summer of 2023. Healey set a goal this year to eliminate the use of hotels and motels in the Emergency Assistance shelter system by ...

BOSTON — The state will close its remaining motel and hotel shelters this summer, Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday, as the governor and lawmakers have imposed restrictions on the emergency ...

which calls for reforms to the emergency shelter system. The investigation by State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office found that the state Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities ...

BOSTON — After years of grappling with a migrant crisis, Massachusetts officials plan to close all emergency state shelters in hotels and motels in the state this summer, Gov. Maura Healey said Monday ...

These decreases are a result of a number of reforms Governor Healey made to reduce caseloads and the cost of the state’s Emergency Assistance family shelter system, including a six-month length of ...