BY TALIA LISSAUERBoston University Statehouse ProgramBOSTON — Propos

The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families

BOSTON — A bill proposed by Gov. Maura Healey would bring $5.3 million more in state Chapter 90 road aid to the Berkshires.   Testimony before the Joint Committee on...

A Berkshire County icon is one of two women to be honored with a bust in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber for the first time in its history.

BOSTON — A bust of Berkshires' freedom fighter Elizabeth Freeman, the first enslaved woman to successfully sue for her freedom in the United States, will be commissioned and placed in...