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 ...

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?

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

Just as the Republic Services strike has been called out as a threat to public health, the bar advocate work stoppage ...

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

"I strongly urge the bar advocates to get back to work,” state Senate President Karen E. Spilka, D-Middlesex/Norfolk, said.

Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a dispute over pay for the state's public defenders. The first four defendants who didn't have ...

More than 100 retired Massachusetts judges are demanding higher pay for public advocates amid a prolonged work stoppage that has led to charges against criminal defendants being dropped ...