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AP - Massachusetts will make available to the public hundreds of boxes of documents from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's term as governor that have long been locked away, the state said Tuesday. The same agency that is opening the files said it would not pursue an inquiry into...

A Massachusetts state lawmaker apologized on Thursday for a remark comparing a Republican proposal that would require lobbyists to wear ID badges to the Nazi tattooing of Jews during the Holocaust. House Republicans last week proposed a set of ethics reforms in response to the recent corruption...

(CNN) -- Rescue workers went house-to-house, building-to-building early Thursday searching for survivors after tornadoes cut a deadly and destructive path through western Massachusetts, officials said. At least four people were killed and 40 injured when at least two tornadoes touched down in...

Retailers rebound in Massachusetts BOSTON, (UPI) -- Vacancy rates at shopping centers dropped to 5.8 percent in the first quarter in Massachusetts, well below the national average, a research firm said. Real estate research firm Reis Inc. said the national average vacancy rate at shopping...

Massachusetts challenges Marriage Act BOSTON, (UPI) -- The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office Wednesday was to argue against a federal law that bans same-sex marriage, lawyers in Boston said. Lawyers from state Attorney General Martha Coakley's office were to appear before U.S. District...