BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has approved a $20 hourly pay raise for public defenders in an effort to end their ...

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

Data shows many workers are receiving pay raises lower than inflation rates, fueling income and wealth gaps among co-workers.

Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday signed the supplemental spending bill she first filed in early April, including the ...

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

The work stoppage has resulted in more than 100 cases being dismissed, in some instances allowing people charged with violent ...

Massachusetts lawmakers passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort to end a ...