Attorney General Maura Healey’s office says Portfolio Recovery Assets was illegally targeting the elderly, people with disabilities and others whose income is exempt from debt collection liabilities.

Rather than hire an outside provider, the Franklin County Jail is the only one in the country licensed to provide methadone itself.

With more on what could be Patrick's late entry into the presidential race, Tufts political science professor Jeff Berry joined WBUR's Bob Oakes.

He was considering a presidential run, then he was out. But now he might be in.

Massachusetts college leaders are starting to speak out publicly about their concerns with the student visa system. More of their students are complaining the process is unpredictable and anxiety ridden. That has a lot of schools worried the issue could start having a major effect on how they do business.

In a now-resealed transcript of testimony from a 2018 grand jury probe, at least six officers in the narcotics unit said they had either observed or participated in drinking at police headquarters. A spokesman for the department insists officers never drank on the job at the station.

Backers say the law clarifies the state's voting rules and brings New Hampshire in line with all other states, but opponents say it is a blatant effort by Republicans to block many college students from voting.

Jared Johnson, director of Boston-based transportation advocacy group Transit Matters, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to discuss improvements he wants to see in the commuter rail.

Marion McNabb, CEO of the Cannabis Community Care and Research Network, a Worcester-based cannabis advocacy and research group, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to discuss.

A judge says only the Cannabis Control Commission has oversight of vaping products for medical marijuana patients -- which suggests the agency could also decide what happens with the products for recreational customers.