College campuses have gone high-tech, but a bunch of equipment is vanishing each year.

Payment scams, employee thefts and a fire that destroyed a Department of Conservation and Recreation building contributed to more than half a million dollars’ worth of property losses at state agencies in the last two years. Under Massachusetts law, government workers must immediately notify the state auditor if taxpayer-owned property goes missing, whether it was misplaced, stolen or destroyed.

House Speaker Robert DeLeo is forming a special committee to investigate claims of inappropriate conduct against Rep. from Dedham

College can be hard. College can also be expensive. Imagine doing all of that on an empty stomach. That is the case for thousands of college students in Massachusetts, including 52% of students at MassBay, according to President David Podell.

For some college students, regular access to sufficient and nutritious meals can be a challenge due to a lack of finances. Colleges and universities across Massachusetts are now trying to address the problem known as “food insecurity.”

The University of Massachusetts-Amherst is moving ahead with a $200 million project to replace two aging student apartment complexes with more modern units.

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is illuminating how suffragists influenced the U.S. Senate to allow women to vote.

University of Massachusetts trustees have voted to raise tuition at the system’s four undergraduate campuses by 2.5% for the academic year that starts in the fall. The trustees in a statement Friday said holding the hike to the rate of inflation would boost in-state undergraduate tuition by an average of $359 per student per year.

Lawmakers on Tuesday are scheduled to begin consideration of hundreds of amendments offered to the spending plan for the fiscal year that starts on July 1

A key legislative panel is calling for a tuition freeze at the University of Massachusetts and what lawmakers say is a record amount of state aid to elementary and secondary schools. A $42.7 billion budget proposal released Tuesday by the Senate Ways and Means Committee calls for an overall 3% increase in state spending from the current fiscal year.

A tractor-trailer rolled over off of the Massachusetts Turnpike and into the woods on Saturday morning, leaving the driver seriously injured.

Police are searching for a suspect following an alleged home invasion and shooting in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Authorities said officers responded to the third floor of 9 Chester St. just before noon for a report of a person who had been shot. The 29-year-old victim was taken to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Gov. Charlie Baker will deliver the keynote commencement speech next month at the University of Massachusetts’ flagship campus in Amherst. UMass announced on Wednesday that the Republican governor will speak during commencement ceremonies for the approximately 5,500 undergraduate students receiving their bachelor’s degrees on May 10.

It’s hard to sell your presidential candidacy nationwide when the majority of primary voters who know you best are with your Democratic opponents, so look for Elizabeth Warren to be stepping up her resources in Massachusetts. In his class called “The Road to the White House,” Spencer Kimball, director of polling at Emerson College, discusses his latest poll where Massachusetts...

A special committee investigating whether Massachusetts Rep. Paul McMurtry violated the House sexual harassment policy concluded in a report Wednesday that there was “insufficient evidence” to support allegations that he inappropriately touched an incoming lawmaker at an orientation for freshman in December. The public report, a 15-page executive summary filed by House counsel early Wednesday evening, indicated that a special...

The University of Massachusetts is planning to take its talents to the worldwide web.

A man was shot and killed early Saturday morning in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, and his family tells us he was in his first year as an assistantbasketball coach at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. Officers responded to the area of 12 Greenwood Street around 2:58 a.m. for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they found a man with...

A man was shot and killed early Saturday morning in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, and his family tells us he was in his first year as an assistantbasketball coach at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. Officers responded to the area of 12 Greenwood Street around 2:58 a.m. for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they found a man with...

The University of Massachusetts has approved a $235 million deal to lease the site of the former Bayside Expo Center in Boston to a private developer. UMass officials on Thursday described the selection of Accordia Partners as the first major step toward redeveloping the 20-acre waterfront site that sits next to the UMass-Boston campus. Accordia plans to build a mixed-use...