By Chris Lisinski AUG. 15, 2023…..A burgeoning campaign seeking to revive rent control in some communities already faces stiff, well-funded opposition on policy grounds, and now...
By Colin A. Young AUG. 15, 2023…..Mortgage interest rates are almost double what they were a year ago, but the prices of single-family homes and condominiums...
By Colin A. Young AUG. 14, 2023…..The Legislature again rejected an attempt to allow the Massachusetts Lottery to sell its products online, but that doesn’t mean...
Colin A. Young Consumer prices were up 3.2 percent nationally and 2.8 percent locally for the 12-month period ending with July, and analysts said lower household...
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, AUG. 9, 2023…..In her most significant legislative action since taking office in January, Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday signed into...
By Chris Lisinski AUG. 7, 2023…..Barring a last-minute judicial intervention, pork sales in Massachusetts are about to change. Nearly seven years after voters approved a new...
By Sophie Hauck BOSTON – A penguin chick who struggled to come out of its shell at the New England Aquarium earlier this summer, requiring staff...
Colin A. Young The final accounting of fiscal year 2023 is not yet done, but the Department of Revenue started fiscal year 2024 off in July...
By Chris Lisinski AUG. 3, 2023…..Exactly 30 years after Massachusetts voters narrowly prohibited rent control across the state, a long-running debate about whether to reverse or...
Chris Lisinski Measures that would confirm the Legislature is subject to examination by the state auditor’s office, allow for-hire drivers on platforms like Uber and Lyft...