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Eversource on Thursday was cited by federal investigators for five workplace violations over an underground transformer explosion in Boston this summer that’s turned deadly. One of the two utility company workers hurt in the July 12 incident has died, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a statement, which Eversource confirmed. The company identified the worker as Fabio Pires…

Beacon Hill Books & Cafe in Beacon Hill is the perfect stop to shop the shelves and learn about its fictional squirrel now brought to life on the pages of a new children’s book.

Boston is known for the preservation of some colonial architecture in the city. Because of that one of its streets was on the list of the 53 Most Beautiful Streets in the World by Architectural Digest. Acorn Street in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood was praised for its stylish rendition of colonial Boston and for being one of the most photographed…

OSHA continues to investigate the cause of an underground transformer explosion steps from the state capitol Tuesday night that injured two utility workers.

OSHA continues to investigate the cause of an underground transformer explosion steps from the state capitol Tuesday night that injured two utility workers. The explosion occurred around 6 p.m. on Bowdoin Street while Eversource workers were performing routine maintenance in an underground electrical vault, fire officials said. Two workers were injured but able to get out of the vault under…

An underground explosion in downtown Boston sent two utility workers to the hospital and caused a major rescue response down the street from the state capitol Tuesday, fire officials said. The transformer explosion occurred while the Eversource workers were performing routine maintenance in an underground electrical vault, fire officials said. The workers were injured but able to get out of…

A 15-fold increase in annual state aid toward rural Massachusetts school districts headlines a legislative panel’s recommendations after more than a year of work, and one top senator said he plans to push for at least some funding in the end-of-term flurry over the next few weeks. Lawmakers, K-12 school leaders and academic experts voted unanimously Tuesday to send...

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday to override Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of a bill making immigrants without legal status eligible to seek state-issued driver’s licenses. The bill was approved by House and Senate Democrats last month, but Baker vetoed it, saying the Registry of Motor Vehicles, an agency that he oversees, doesn’t have...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday vetoed a bill making immigrants without legal status eligible to seek state-issued driver’s licenses, saying the Registry of Motor Vehicles, an agency that he oversees, doesn’t have the ability to verify the identities of potential applicants. Following years of advocacy for the bill, House and Senate Democrats on Thursday enacted the legislation, which...

The Massachusetts State Senate on Thursday voted in favor of a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses. The Senate voted 32 to 8 in favor of the measure. A similar bill has already passed in that House with a veto-proof majority. Gov. Charlie Baker has expressed his opposition to the measure, which would allow Massachusetts residents…

A gas leak prompted a hazmat response and the evacuation of three buildings on Beacon Hill in Boston Tuesday morning. Gas leaked into a building on Grove Street from outside, causing elevated readings, Boston police said. Boston police and fire were on scene by 11 a.m. Tuesday. Police were awaiting response from Boston Water and Sewer. Crews were monitoring the…

The Massachusetts State House is the only state capitol in the country to remain closed to the public since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

The push to make MBTA service free of fares to riders that Boston mayoral candidate Michelle Wu has made a campaign staple has yet to sway Beacon Hill leaders. Gov. Charlie Baker, asked about the city councilor’s calls to “free the T,” said Monday he does not support the idea of eliminating fares but believes “the T should work...

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill (H 3999) prohibiting schools from punishing students with meal debts and requiring districts with large shares of low-income students to provide free breakfast and lunch.

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering changes to a 2016 animal welfare law that sets living standards for egg-laying hens and some livestock to avoid a possible egg shortage. The voter law sets standards for how much space is required to keep pigs, calves and egg-laying hens. For hens it requires enough room for the birds to be capable of “fully spreading…

Lawmakers are taking up legislation Monday that would allow safe drug use sites to open in Massachusetts. Two bills decriminalizing possession of controlled substances (S 1277 and H 2119) and three bills calling for safe drug consumption sites (S 1258, H 2088, and S 1272) are on the agenda for a Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery virtual…

A major cleanup effort continued all day Tuesday after a water main break flooded parts of Beacon Hill.

A 30-inch water main burst and flooded the roads of Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood overnight.

A 30-inch water main burst and flooded the roads of Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood overnight.

A water main burst and flooded the roads of Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood overnight. The break, near Myrtle, Derne and Hancock streets, sent water rushing through Hancock Street to Cambridge Street. Some roads were closed Tuesday morning. Water got into some of the homes, but fire officials said the damage wasn’t as bad as expected. Some people were moved to...