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The city council in Somerville, Massachusetts, held off on a vote to reconfirm its status as a sanctuary city on Thursday ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. Somerville has been a sanctuary city since 1987 and reconfirmed that status after Trump’s first election in 2016. The city council was supposed to vote Thursday ni...

After months of delay, the Massachusetts Legislature sent a major clean energy bill to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk amid shifting national energy policy dynamics. The House voted 125-17 to approve the 139-page House-Senate compromise bill (S 2967), and both chambers took final procedural votes to send it to the governor for her signature, amendme...

The Patriots reportedly hosted tackle Anim Dankwah and defensive back Emany Johnson for free-agent workouts on Thursday.

Frustrations with mail delivery have reached Boston City Hall. Residents have written to city councilors about recent mail delays, prompting requests for Boston Postmaster Joshua Balcunas to testify. “This isn’t about one postal district, this isn’t about one city council district, this is about the entire city,” said Boston...

The chief operating officer of acclaimed chef Barbara Lynch’s restaurant group said they are “blindsided” by a lawsuit filed by the City of Boston claiming the organization owes more than $1.6 million in taxes.

A widely popular ballot law that authorizes the state auditor to probe the Legislature still has not taken effect, and the latest response from representatives set off another political fracas about transparency on Beacon Hill. Auditor Diana DiZoglio said Thursday that the state’s House of Representatives was “slapping voters in the fac...

Joe Mazzulla has been a quote machine since taking over as the Boston Celtics’ head coach. Here is a collection of his most memorable soundbites.

After voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to eliminate the requirement that Massachusetts high school students pass the MCAS exam in order to receive a diploma, the question of whether the state will pursue a new statewide standard in the exams’ place — and what, exactly, that would look like — looms over the upcoming legislative session...

The varsity high school football team in Marblehead, Massachusetts, is in the Elite Eight, but the ongoing North Shore teachers strikes left Friday’s game in jeopardy. “It’s been scary for a lot of seniors. Norwood could’ve been our last game last week and we’re not done, whatsoever.” It was unclear if extracurricular activities, including sp...

The number of overdose-related deaths in one Massachusetts town has more than doubled in the last year, officials said Thursday, sharing readily available resources to prevent any further deaths. There were five overdose deaths in Winthrop last year, and already in 2024 there have been 12 linked to drug overdoses, with a month-and-a-half left to a ...

An official with the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Department allegedly violated state conflict of interest laws when he had employees perform plumbing work at his home during work hours, for free, according to the State Ethics Commission, which is now calling for a hearing on the matter. Last year, the NBC10 Investigators looked into the ethical ...

Former Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich joins Phil Perry on the Next Pats Podcast to share what excites him most about Pats rookie QB Drake Maye.

Jaylen Brown’s beef with Nike Basketball continued Thursday after Nike took a not-so-subtle shot at the Celtics star on social media.