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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Attorney General Maura Healey are calling on former Senate President Stan Rosenberg to immediately resign his seat.

One of the three Democrats mounting a challenge to Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is dropping from the race.

On the opioid abuse front, Baker called on the Legislature to pass his Cares Act, and pledged that over the next five years his administration has plans to add 500 new treatments beds.

The races for governor and Congress will highlight the political year in Massachusetts.

BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker's administration is rolling out a new set of rules on greenhouse gas emissions. The regulations to be announced Friday are aimed at bringing Massachusetts into compliance with an ambitious state law that calls for a 25 percent reduction in emissions by the end of the decade...

BOSTON (AP) _ Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has proposed legislation that would allow state and local police officers to cooperate with federal immigration officials by holding people who have committed violent crimes. The bill was filed Tuesday in response to a recent decision by the state's highest court...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Providence this Thursday to deliver the keynote address at the National Governors Association meeting.

BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker is planning to sign legislation doubling the line of duty death benefit for families of first responders. The bill will increase the benefit from $150,000 to $300,000. The change is included in a supplemental spending bill for the current 2017 fiscal year...

NEW BEDFORD - What is traditionally a non-partisan race has continued to develop into a race that clearly is separating Democrats from Republicans. The latest news from the run for the vacant Ward Three seat on the New Bedford City Council is that Jill Marie Ussach, the only declared Republican in the race, has been endorsed by governor Charlie Baker...

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts officials are decrying the Trump administration's rollback of federal public school bathroom protections for transgender students. Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday he was disappointed with the decision, adding in Massachusetts "kids are going to be protected and kids are going to be able to feel safe and secure in the communities they live in and the schools that t