A bar advocate holds up a sign demanding a pay raise during a rally on the State House’s Grand Staircase on July 31.

Twenty-five more cases were dismissed Tuesday, while bar advocates said the 30 percent raise over two years is "ridiculous." ...

Bar advocate lawyers rally outside the State House in May when the group, which represents indigent defendants, announced a work stoppage over low pay rates in the state. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald ...

Many bar advocates, a group that has accounted for as much as 80% of the public defense work in Massachusetts courts, have said the $20-an-hour raise is inadequate.

Some bar advocates, the private attorneys contracted to represent about 80% of the state’s public defense caseload, stopped picking up new cases in late May as they seek a $35-an-hour raise from the ...

Bar advocates walked off the job after Memorial Day, demanding better wages. The move left thousands of defendants without representation and caused judges in Suffolk County to dismiss over 100 cases.

Dozens more defendants faced with criminal charges in the Bay State saw their legal woes disappear on Tuesday when the courts ...

The spending plan lawmakers sent to Healey on Thursday "addresses timely issues through key, targeted investments," state House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano, D-3rd Norfolk, said.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed into law a raise for striking bar advocates, but movement leaders say it’s not enough.

The legislature announced a deal Wednesday to get private defense attorneys back on the job. The lawyers say it didn't come close.