With several Massachusetts municipalities opting out of the civil service and many more considering that route, something had to be done to update a system clearly out of step with the times. As of ...

WORCESTER — In a brief sent to the state Civil Service Commission, the City of Worcester maintains that the agency does not have jurisdiction over a petition filed by three deputy police chiefs who ...

Pueblo will try a new approach to address its vacancies in the Pueblo Police Department. The city will temporarily suspend its requirement to freeze eligibility lists for vacant positions. The lists ...

WORCESTER — The state commission charged with hearing cases involving the civil service system has allowed an investigation into whether the city violated state law over its process of selecting a ...