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

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.

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 ...

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

It remains unclear if the $20 per hour raise, over the next two years, will end the lawyers ongoing work stoppage.

Bar advocates don’t like the hourly pay rate proposed by the Massachusetts legislature, according to one of the leaders of the work stoppage, who said the “slap in the face” offer has only ...

Maura Healey signed into law a raise for striking bar advocates, but movement leaders say it’s not enough. “This agreement provides a substantial raise for bar advocates that reflects our commitment ...

With "no end in sight" to a Massachusetts court protocol that allows criminal defendants to be released from jail and their ...

The proposed legislation is a welcome breakthrough, but the reporting to date does not suggest that a careful analysis has ...

Following a work stoppage in May, bar advocates are getting a pay raise–but it is not as high as they requested.