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Economy
Healey: Rent Control ‘Not the Solution’ to Massachusetts Housing Crisis as Ballot Measure Gains Momentum
BY ELLA ADAMS She’s taking a victory lap for helping get rid of renter-paid broker’s fees, but Gov. Maura Healey…
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Target Dark Money Spending to Influence Local Town Votes
BY SAM DRYSDALE Legislation requiring public disclosure for people and groups spending significant sums to influence town meeting votes is…
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Massachusetts Voters Will Have The Option to Repeal Recreational Marijuana in 2026
BY ELLA ADAMS Massachusetts voters in 2026 could have the chance to repeal adult-use recreational marijuana. The state Elections Division…
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Massachusetts Income Tax Cut Proposal Sparks Divide: Sharp Criticism from Lawmakers, Silence from Healey
BY SAM DRYSDALE The House budget chief on Tuesday ripped a proposed income tax cut as “irresponsible,” but on Wednesday…
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Healey Demands Halt to ICE Deportation Flights from Hanscom Field in Massachusetts
BY ELLA ADAMS Gov. Maura Healey called on federal immigration officials Monday to stop using private aircraft at Hanscom Field…
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Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities launches investigation into volatile energy bills
BY MICHAEL NORTON Dec. 15, 2025……Nine weeks after Gov. Maura Healey requested a review, the Department of Public Utilities on…
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Massachusetts Spent $3.2 billion more than budgeted in 2025
BY SAM DRYSDALE Massachusetts ended fiscal year 2025 with a state budget bottom line that quietly crept higher and higher…
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Massachusetts’ Next Affordability Crisis: Property Taxes Explode, Lawmakers Scramble
BY MICHAEL NORTON Property taxes are the next act in the Massachusetts affordability crisis drama, with scenes set to unfold…
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Massachusetts Lottery dropping game, replacing it with “Millionaire for Life”
BY MICHAEL NORTON STATE HOUSE, BOSTON…..Time’s almost up for Lucky for Life. The Massachusetts Lottery early next year will stop…
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Weigh Immigrant Legal Defense Fund Amid Surge in ICE Arrests
BY ELLA ADAMS In less than six weeks this past summer, 34 individuals connected to the immigrant grassroots organization Agencia…
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