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.

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

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.

Leaders on Beacon Hill also floated structural changes aimed at heading off future work stoppages like the one that has ...

In its prepared statement, Averitt said its pay for regional drivers with a hazmat endorsement was being increased to 64 ...