BY MICHAEL NORTON The state can’t make up for all of the federal government spending cuts that are occurring, according to Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka, who...
BY COLIN A. YOUNG Tax collections missed the Healey administration’s mark last month but were up from a year earlier, an increase that state officials largely...
BY COLIN A. YOUNG & ALISON KUZNITZ SEPT. 30, 2025…..Three months into the fiscal year and two weeks out from a key deadline, state budget managers got...
BY COLIN A. YOUNG There’s been an uptick in reports of elderly Bay Staters being scammed into “devastating financial losses” by fraudsters who send couriers to...
By Sam Drysdale Amid “attacks” from the Trump administration on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Massachusetts officials on Monday said their plan is to “double down.”...
BY ELLA ADAMS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, SEPT. 16, 2025…..In the midst of gun violence news again overtaking national and local headlines, gun safety advocates are pitching...
BY ALISON KUZNITZ SEPT. 15, 2025…..Controversial bills to legalize overdose prevention centers returned to the spotlight Monday, as a committee leader touted recent gains in reducing...
BY COLIN A. YOUNG Most Bay Staters approve of the job Maura Healey is doing as governor of Massachusetts while an even greater share of residents...
BY SAM DRYSDALE As a wave of federal enforcement stokes fear across immigrant neighborhoods in Massachusetts, the state’s top legislative leaders acknowledged the anxiety but offered...
BY COLIN A. YOUNG About three months after trumpeting with few details 1,500 arrests in Massachusetts, federal immigration officials this weekend said they were in and...
