Marth Coakley

A one-day energy summit scheduled for today in Norwood aims to start a dialogue between the state's nonprofit and private sectors about how cost-effective and clean energies can help reduce Massachusetts' high energy costs and keep its competitive...

For longer than a year, Mayor William Lantigua disregarded demands by state election officials to file forms detailing fund-raising and spending by his campaign organization and refused to pay the fines that mounted as the deadlines passed. Lantigua...

On a late summer day in 2007, Dawn Manning-Hand met her former co-worker Gina Clark at her home in Marstons Mills. She was there to talk about a potential business venture -- using a loan to buy the Bellisimo Salon in Hyannis that was on the verge of...

Gabriel Gomez needs to keep on telling his own story and run strong in the debates if he wants to beat U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Secretary of State John F. Kerry. That was the advice...

Ask Mike Sullivan and Dan Winslow if a candidate can dismiss Gabriel Gomez. Both landed in the recycling bin two weeks ago when Gomez, a former Navy SEAL and investment businessman, eclipsed them with a solid win in the three-way Republican primary...

WASHINGTON – The race to replace John F. Kerry in the U.S. Senate will offer Massachusetts voters a familiar choice: a longtime Democratic officeholder against a fresh-faced Republican. Democratic Rep. Edward J. Markey and Republican businessman...

SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Stephen Lynch was in a hurry on Friday morning, first to a pair of diners along Broadway, then down the street to a firehouse. By day’s end, he’d hit 18 stops in six cities and towns in the Boston area, as he worked...

Four auto insurers have agreed to settle allegations that they failed to refund at-fault surcharges to Massachusetts customers, resulting in higher premiums — after a customer has been in a crash, for example — when a state appeals process...

WASHINGTON -- Attorneys general from California and eight other states on Monday publicly urged President Obama to replace Edward J. DeMarco, the controversial acting regulator for housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The state officials...

WASHINGTON – Scott Brown, defeated last November in a marquee election battle for a Massachusetts Senate seat by Elizabeth Warren, has opted against seeking a return to Congress this June in the special election to replace John F. Kerry. The...

A key part of the law banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage was struck down as unconstitutional by a U.S. appeals court Thursday. The Defense of Marriage Act -- known as DOMA -- defines marriage for federal purposes as unions exclusively...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A former Massachusetts dentist was sentenced to one year in jail Monday for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals. Dr. Michael Clair pleaded guilty earlier this month to a list of charges,...