Twenty-five more cases were dismissed Tuesday, while bar advocates said the 30 percent raise over two years is "ridiculous." ...

Dozens more defendants faced with criminal charges in the Bay State saw their legal woes disappear on Tuesday when the courts ...

Many bar advocates, a group that has accounted for as much as 80% of the public defense work in Massachusetts courts, have said the $20-an-hour raise is inadequate.

A bar advocate holds up a sign demanding a pay raise during a rally on the State House’s Grand Staircase on July 31.

It remains unclear if the $20 per hour raise, over the next two years, will end the lawyers ongoing work stoppage.

Following a work stoppage in May, bar advocates are getting a pay raise--but it is not as high as they requested.

Maura Healey signed into law a raise for striking bar advocates, but movement leaders say it’s not enough. “This agreement provides a substantial raise for bar advocates that reflects our commitment ...

A group of advocates gathered at the State House Thursday to protest the deal, which they say, was constructed in a back room ...

With "no end in sight" to a Massachusetts court protocol that allows criminal defendants to be released from jail and their ...

The agreement struck Wednesday "balances sustainable rate increases for private bar advocates with continuing fiscal and ...

Two months after bar advocates stopped taking new cases to demand pay raises, legislative leaders on Wednesday rolled out a ...

Lawmakers are proposing a $10 increase to the hourly wage this year and another $10 increase next year for the defense ...