Boston firefighters in search of promotions will not sit for a test on Saturday after a judge ruled against their attempt to force the state to administer the exam as originally planned. Suffolk ...

The town of Brookline is moving to drop the state’s civil service exam process for its police department — changing 130 years of practice — to speed up hiring and fill open positions. As first ...

Boston firefighters are suing the state’s civil-service office and appealing to the commission in an effort to persuade a judge to force the recently scuttled test to go ahead. Four Boston jakes filed ...

ALBANY -- If all goes as planned, New York state will begin paying off a $45 million settlement in a month to resolve a little-publicized civil rights lawsuit. Known as Simpson v. NYS Civil Service ...

TRENTON - The state Civil Service Commission has approved a hiring change intended to address "a dire need" for corrections officers at Camden County Jail. In approving for the immediate hiring of ...

Mayor Gary McCarthy speaks in September in Schenectady. McCarthy reappointed General Services Commissioner Paul LaFond even though LaFond failed a required civil service test. SCHENECTADY — ...