STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, July 15, 2026…..Less than a week after signing the new state budget, Gov. Maura Healey filed a supplemental budget Wednesday seeking an additional...
By Alison Kuznitz Days after Gov. Maura Healey signed the new state budget, food security advocates are already asking for supplemental funding to shore up the...
Sam Drysdale and Katie Castellani STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, July 8, 2026…..After disposing of nearly 700 amendments and adding about $136 million to the bottom line, the House passed...
By Katie Castellani Allegations of signatures from dead people and a mysterious list of voters were featured in hours of testimony on a case that will...
By Colin Young June 24, 2026…..Senate Democrats unveiled their long-awaited answer Wednesday morning to the soaring utility bills that have become a defining election year issue...
COLIN A. YOUNG June 23, 2026……Massachusetts voters will not have the opportunity to repeal the state’s three-decade ban on rent control on November’s ballot. The Supreme...
BY MICHAEL NORTON June 18, 2026……A blockbuster ballot question calling for a major reduction in the state income tax was ruled ineligible by the state’s highest...
Sam Drysdale June 12, 2026…..Gov. Maura Healey on Friday signed a $1.56 billion transportation and education spending bill and legislation updating disability-related language in state law....
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...