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

GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. One group that isn’t pushing its own ballot question in 2026: The Massachusetts ...

Governor Maura Healey signed a new bill to give court-appointed attorneys a pay raise in hopes of ending a work stoppage.The State<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

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

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

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.

Massachusetts lawmakers sent a supplemental budget to the governor before their August break, including a proposed pay raise ...

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More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to ...

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

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

So-called "bar advocates"  — private attorneys who take on the criminal cases of indigent defendants — have stopped accepting ...