Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

(See the full list of Maine’s official state symbols below.) Maine’s 31 symbols may seem like a lot but Texas has more than 70, while Tennessee has more than 60 and Massachusetts has more than ...

WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A symbol of hate and violence, specifically a swastika, was found drawn on a student’s notebook at Westfield Middle School on Monday. In a letter sent to family ...

Residents across Massachusetts reported feeling the ground ... 2.8 quake hit about 7 miles southwest of Augusta, Maine, the state capital. In the last 10 years, just one earthquake stronger ...

In 2023, Massachusetts state education officials announced a pilot program distributing about $800,000 in federal funding to school districts looking to enact policies to address the use of ...

Local chicken farmers are bumping up precautions after officials recently announced that bird flu has likely entered Massachusetts. State officials said last week they suspect the latest highly ...

Howgate said. Healey said people have had the benefit of a federal tax deduction and only in 2023 did residents in Massachusetts have the ability to claim a state charitable donation credit.

"Officials here follow the law. We are not a sanctuary state," Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey told reporters when she was asked about new immigration policy from President Trump at a news ...

Gov. Maura Healey plans to close a state-operated public health hospital in Canton, her administration confirmed Tuesday afternoon. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which first disclosed the ...

All told, Massachusetts’ top elected official spent all or parts of at least 76 days out of state during 2024 — the equivalent of 2½ months — far exceeding her total from the year before ...

The Massachusetts Senator held a roundtable with other state officials Tuesday to discuss President Trump’s political agenda and the implications it could have on the commonwealth over the next ...