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

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

Massachusetts lawmakers are looking to approve a pay raise for public defenders in hopes of ending a legal crisis.

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

Over 100 criminal cases in Massachusetts have been thrown out due to an ongoing work stoppage by disgruntled lawyers who ...

A bill that gives attorneys a pay bump is heading to Gov. Healey to sign into law. On Thursday, the Massachusetts House of ...

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

As the courts are ground to a halt with a work stoppage, is it time for the state to change its public defender system?

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.

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

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