Gov. Maura Healey accepted endorsements from local and state police unions Thursday as the Massachusetts State Police is embroiled in a laundry list of scandals that have put a stain on the agency.

Gov. Maura Healey announced that, after extensive testing, access to shellfish harvesting in Plum Island Sound will be expanded.

Maura Healey, a former state attorney general seeking a second term, has been an outspoken critic of President Trump.

See the governor primary results in Massachusetts, where Republicans Michael Minogue and Brian Shortsleeve vied to face incumbent Gov. Maura Healey, who was unopposed.

Gov. Maura Healey dove into a fundraising push following her gubernatorial opponent Mike Minogue’s announced plans to spend $2 billion during his general election campaign, as fellow Democrats called the Republican’s spending plan evidence of a “dangerous effort to bring MAGA politics to Massachusetts.