BY SAM DRYSDALE Massachusetts ended fiscal year 2025 with a state budget bottom line that quietly crept higher and higher and ultimately eclipsed the budget Gov....
BY MICHAEL NORTON Property taxes are the next act in the Massachusetts affordability crisis drama, with scenes set to unfold Monday at Boston City Hall and...
BY MICHAEL NORTON STATE HOUSE, BOSTON…..Time’s almost up for Lucky for Life. The Massachusetts Lottery early next year will stop offering the multi-state draw that launched...
BY ELLA ADAMS In less than six weeks this past summer, 34 individuals connected to the immigrant grassroots organization Agencia ALPHA were detained and arrested by...
BY MICHAEL NORTON As lawmakers leave unfinished business and begin a six-week holiday season recess, Senate President Karen Spilka says housing and health care are priority issues for 2026. “We...
BY ELLA ADAMS, SAM DRYSDALE & ALISON KUZNITZ Campaigns backing at least 10 of the 44 filed ballot question proposals believe they’re still in the running to make it...
BY MICHAEL NORTON STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, Nov. 19, 2025…….Massachusetts lawmakers completed a string of spending bills this year and while the branches gestured toward major policy...
BY SAM DRYSDALE The campaign behind a proposed 2026 ballot measure to establish rent control across the state says it has cleared the highest signature-gathering hurdle...
BY ALISON KUZNITZ With hundreds of thousands of Bay Staters expected to lose their health coverage due to federal policy changes, industry leaders and state officials...
BY STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE While housing construction is up and home prices have stabilized, researchers expect home buyers and renters will continue to face affordability headwinds...
