After months of negotiations, state officials agreed to give 6.5% cost-of-living raises over the next two years to members of ...

Despite Gov. Maura Healey signing off on a raise for criminal defense lawyers this week, courtrooms are still in crisis as ...

It remains unclear if the $20 per hour raise, over the next two years, will end the lawyers ongoing work stoppage.

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik is calling for corrections officers and staff at the Federal Correctional Institution in Ray Brook to receive a pay raise, saying their location in northern New York ...

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