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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — The more than 700 people who attended a town hall event with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern on Tuesday relayed an expansive mandate for him to take back to Congress: defend federal institutions, create a stronger coalition of Democrats and be a voice of resistance to the Trump administration.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — “Nobody knows how to start a revolution better than us,” said U.S. Sen. Ed Markey Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Park, where more than 800 people came to collectively ignite the sparks of revolution against what they described as President Donald Trump’s “technocratic dictatorship.”

By SAMUEL GELINAS

AMHERST — When the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report landed on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s desk in June 1981, he had no idea it would be the start of a “dark” period of his career.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — It wasn’t the coffee that had the people inside the First Churches of Northampton energetic and on edge Saturday morning. Some 500 people crowded into the church shoulder to shoulder, mutually distressed about national politics, and voiced those concerns in a coffee hour town hall with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern that lasted close to two hours.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE CENTER — Before Nov. 5, 2024, Montague Center residents Sarah Bliss and Marina Goldman were strangers. By Feb. 5, they were carpooling to Springfield together to dip their toes in the water of political activism.

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey intends to run for reelection in 2026, she said Friday.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — State legislators representing Hampshire and Franklin counties signaled that they were prepared to defend protections for immigrants, the environment and transgender people in Massachusetts as the federal administration under President Donald Trump moves to limit or scrap them.

By ZEKE MILLER,CHRIS MEGERIANand MICHELLE L. PRICE

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, returning to power with a promise to end America’s decline and to “completely and totally reverse” the actions of the man who drove him from office four years ago.

By MIK MULLER

There is much speculation these days about how Donald Trump won the presidency, not just once, but twice. In my view, it was with the help of Democratic National Committee.

By HANNAH EDELHEIT

The night before electors for the 2024 presidential race were announced, 19-year-old Kaveesh Pathak wasn’t sure he was going to win. He had spent the last two weeks calling and campaigning to become one of the 11 Massachusetts Democrats to serve on...

By BOB FLAHERTY

Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president, died at 100 on Sunday, and for Pioneer Valley residents, he may be remembered for a great deal more than four bruising years in the White House.“He was the greatest former president in the country’s history....

By GREG VINE

Local legislators and members of the area’s congressional delegation say Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president who died Sunday at the age of 100, left a legacy of public service that will live on.In a statement issued Sunday night, U.S. Rep. Jim...

By BILL BARROW

ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died. He was...

By HANNAH EDELHEIT

The night before electors for the 2024 presidential race were announced, 19-year-old Kaveesh Pathak wasn’t sure he was going to win. He had spent the last two weeks calling and campaigning to become one of the 11 Massachusetts Democrats to serve on...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, joined by a cohort of Massachusetts health leaders, has declared he will vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, saying Americans need a leader who...

By DOMENIC POLI

Want to break bread without breaking up the family this Thanksgiving? Try leaving politics at the door.This month’s presidential election was particularly polarizing and the internet is rife with stories of people planning to skip holiday gatherings...

By DOMENIC POLI

Despite the presidential election having passed, reports of stolen or damaged political lawn signs appear to be continuing in some areas of Franklin County.After a rash of incidents on Montague and Old Wendell roads, Shutesbury Police Chief Kristin...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

After the presidential election victory of Donald Trump on Tuesday, many Democrats — including in Massachusetts, where residents favored Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris by a large margin — may be left scratching their heads as to how...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL and ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The 2024 presidential election proved to be a decisive one for Republican Donald Trump, with the former president claiming victory the morning after the election after winning key battleground states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.In...

By DOMENIC POLI

State Sen. Paul Mark coasted to reelection on Tuesday, besting Republican challenger David Rosa to earn a second term representing 57 communities throughout Franklin, Hampshire, Berkshire and Hampden counties.The Democrat from Becket will be sworn in...

By DOMENIC POLI

Roughly 244 million Americans are eligible to vote this year and those registered in Franklin County came out in swarms to cast their ballots in what pundits are calling the most important election in the nation’s history.Greenfield City Clerk Kathy...