There is a 3.1% increase proposed in the public safety budget, which encompasses the Worcester police and fire departments, ...

LOCAL elections are taking place across much of the country today - but not in Worcester.

Council set for series of budget hearings.

Worcester's fiscal 2027 budget tops $1 billion for the first time, with over half of the operating budget for schools.

Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty moved Tuesday’s City Council meeting from in-person to be virtual for safety concerns, as dozens protested outside City Hall. “They’re taking our people from our community ...

WORCESTER — A week after the release of a Worcester Regional Research Bureau report calling for a civilian review board with subpoena powers to oversee the Worcester Police Department, candidates for ...

Tuesday night’s city council meeting in Worcester will be fully remote due to “threats of violence” made to elected and city officials, Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty said. In a statement released ...

Worcester city councilors say they’ve received an increasing number of threats in recent weeks, as tensions across the community remain high following an immigration arrest that turned chaotic. During ...

Police were dispatched to Worcester City Hall after demonstrators protesting against ICE disrupted a City Council meeting Tuesday night, bringing the proceedings to a halt, officials said. In a ...

A candidate who ran for Worcester city councilor-at-large and lost announced Thursday she will demand a recount. Jermoh Kamara, the president of the Massachusetts Organization of African Descendants, ...