A new bill before the state legislature that proposes to change how Massachusetts defines when certain beaches are considered public is making waves on Martha’s Vineyard and could upend centuries of precedent. 

Federal agencies have not provided the state with more information about immigration arrests that took place on Martha’s Vineyard in May despite repeated demands, Gov. Maura Healey said during a visit to the Island this week.

Gov. Maura Healey visited the Vineyard on Monday to tour a new housing complex for Martha’s Vineyard Hospital employees and check in on the Island’s health care needs.

Gov. Maura Healey is calling on federal agents to provide better information about the immigration arrests that took place on Martha’s Vineyard this week.  

Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday nominated Edgartown District Court clerk magistrate Liza Williamson to be an associate justice in the state district court system.

Gov. Maura Healey is calling on federal regulators to amend a new proposal that could drastically cut ferry service to the Vineyard and Nantucket.