Top Massachusetts education officials are scheduled to testify at a hearing focusing on questions of abuse, neglect and taxpayer funding of the state’s private special educational schools.

Virtually all of the individual donations for the state ballot issue on charter schools has gone toward supporting the measure.

The Chamberlain International School, a private residential school facing allegations of student abuse, paid more than $800,000 to entities controlled by…

Mary O’Connor had long wanted researchers to decipher her genetic code to better understand a deadly heart condition that runs in her family. But the…

Lawmaker will reach out to regulators to learn more about oversight of private schools funded with taxpayer dollars.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker says his office is reviewing a report alleging abuse and neglect at the Chamberlain International School for special…

Horse racing in Massachusetts continues to be fraught with in-fighting.

It seemed like a sure bet for the Sport of Kings: A tax on casinos aimed solely at reviving Massachusetts horse racing. Five years after it was quietly…

Public university employees will no longer be able to carry over unlimited unused sick time under a new policy approved by the state education board.

Genetic counselors working for testing labs have bioethicists worried they may repeat company marketing claims without verifying them.