The state’s cash-strapped public transit system will receive a much-needed infusion of funding under a spending plan signed by Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday.

A 14-year-old girl was killed when she was hit by a commuter rail train in Worcester Thursday, according to MBTA Transit Police. The girl was among a group of teenagers “trespassing on the right ...

A 14-year-old girl was fatally struck by a commuter train in Worcester; no foul play is suspected in the ongoing investigation.

A naming contest was open to kindergarten through eighth-grade students from Boston, Quincy, Winthrop and Lynn.

Stemming from the earlier Blue Line work, corrective signal repair work near Maverick needs to take place, which came to light as service resumed Monday morning.

The package unveiled Monday splits the difference on MBTA funding proposed in bills in the House and Senate, and includes $300 million alone to replenish the MBTA’s budget reserve.

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