The Massachusetts Legislature needs to do better by the state’s bar advocates. That much became clear after lawmakers’ ...

More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to ...

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

Massachusetts lawmakers passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort to end a ...

A teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing a couple he didn’t know who were hiking with two of their children ...

The plan would help support research projects and jobs connected with colleges and universities in the state, which have ...

A group of advocates gathered at the State House Thursday to protest the deal, which they say, was constructed in a back room ...

A bill that gives attorneys a pay bump is heading to Gov. Healey to sign into law. On Thursday, the Massachusetts House of ...

☔Good news: cooler than yesterday, with highs in the 70s and possible showers. Sunset is at 8:04 p.m. Today we’re looking at ...

As the courts are ground to a halt with a work stoppage, is it time for the state to change its public defender system?