Massachusetts state agencies paid employees hundreds of millions of dollars in overtime last year, with some employees using overtime to earn more than double their base pay. Records show total state ...

Though vaping has been around for years, it exploded into the mainstream of American culture and politics in 2019. When 2019 began, an adult in Massachusetts could buy any number of vaping products, ...

In Massachusetts, no community — from the Berkshires to Boston — is spared the lethal consequences of air pollution, according to a new study from researchers at Boston College. The researchers ...

During the first full year of recreational marijuana business in Massachusetts, dispensaries have made more than $420 million in sales, data shows.Information posted by the Cannabis Control Commission ...

Researchers at Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health published a recent study in Environmental Health identifying 2,780 deaths, illnesses, and IQ loss Massachusetts children in 2019 ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Onshape, developer of the Onshape ® Software as a Service (SaaS) product development platform, was named as one of the “Top Places to Work in Massachusetts” in the ...

Spending on health care in Massachusetts hit $64.1 billion in 2019, a 4.3 percent increase that exceeded a state cost-control target and was driven by growth related to hospital outpatient care, ...

The Massachusetts population increased by roughly 340,000 over the past decade, but thousands moved out of state this year alone, according to the latest U.S. Census data released Monday. More than ...

Since their introduction to the U.S. market in 2007, e-cigarettes and vaping devices—tobacco harm reduction products that are 95 percent safer than combustible cigarettes—have helped more than three ...