Leigh Davis

As Massachusetts considers new high stakes standardized testing models, educators in Berkshire County are split on the implications.

Massachusetts is bracing for a number of federal programs to stop abruptly once the ongoing government shutdown stretches into November.

A Berkshire County legislator’s effort to close an age of consent loophole in Massachusetts has taken a step forward in the state house.

State legislators toured Southern Berkshire County Monday to highlight the impact of climate change on local communities.

Western Massachusetts legislators say they back Governor Maura Healey’s move to ensure commonwealth residents will have access to vaccines regardless of changing federal policy.

Western Massachusetts legislators are reacting to Governor Maura Healey’s plan to expedite housing production by cutting environmental regulations.

Western Massachusetts lawmakers say they expect yet another late budget as questions remain over federal funding cuts.

Former students of an elite all-girls boarding school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, engulfed in a sexual abuse scandal testified in support of a bill aimed at bolstering age of consent laws at a State House hearing Tuesday. A warning to listeners, this story includes descriptions of sexual assault.

A Berkshire County lawmaker is leading efforts on legislation that would bolster Massachusetts state law around the clandestine recording practice known as “upskirting.”

After a demand from Western Massachusetts lawmakers for regional equity in the commonwealth’s judicial system, the governor has nominated two candidates from the region to the Superior Court.