BY ALISON KUZNITZ The number of opioid-related overdose fatalities fell below 1,000 for the first time in more than a decade in 2025, state health officials...
BY ELLA ADAMS The House approved a proposal Thursday that would enable Massachusetts bars to push their last call to as late as 3 a.m. this...
BY SAM DRYSDALE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, June 3, 2026…..The vast majority of House Democrats on Wednesday voted to narrow the scope of a voter-approved legislative audit...
BY ALISON KUZNITZ The state account that handles the cost of healthcare for uninsured or underinsured Bay Staters could reach a $600 million deficit by fiscal...
By Colin A. Young If Graham Platner is victorious in next week’s U.S. Senate primary in Maine, he will have Maura Healey’s support in the fall, despite the governor...
BY COLIN A. YOUNG May 30, 2026…..Bay State Democrats endorsed Maura Healey for another four years in the corner office, as she strives to become just...
BY ELLA ADAMS Massachusetts is guiding schools and colleges on how to deny federal immigration enforcement access to nonpublic areas, advising health care facilities on how...
BY COLIN A. YOUNG STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, May 28, 2026…..Cannabis consumers wasted no time taking advantage of the state’s newly-doubled marijuana purchase limit, placing 900 orders...
BY ALISON KUZNITZ Nearly 700,000 Bay Staters are facing the prospect of double-digit premium increases next year as insurers struggle to handle cost pressures across the...
BY ELLA ADAMS People under the age of 18 would be unable to legally consent to sexual conduct with an adult who holds, or has held,...
