By Colin A. Young JAN. 7, 2021…..Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has reportedly been chosen by President-elect Joe Biden to lead the U.S. Labor Department as secretary,...
Chris Lisinski Massachusetts lawmakers on Wednesday took a step toward potentially replacing the official state seal and motto, a victory for activists who have argued for...
Colin A. Young Gov. Charlie Baker is assuming that the more contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in the United Kingdom late last year is already...
Chris Lisinski Massachusetts has not yet experienced a confirmed post-holiday COVID surge on par with the one that followed Thanksgiving, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday, but...
Michael P. Norton and Katie Lannan Amid the slow and long rollout of vaccines, COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise, with holiday travel and the...
By Colin A. Young The rest of the 2020s need to be “the decade for action” on climate change and energy policy if Massachusetts is to...
By Colin A. Young DEC. 31, 2020…..As the year and legislative session come to a close, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday signed into law legislation creating...
Michael P. Norton After a briefing from his COVID-19 advisers, President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said infections over the holidays “will produce soaring case counts in...
Katie Lannan Abortion rights will be formally codified in state law, and access to the procedure will be expanded after the Senate on Tuesday joined the...
By Chris Lisinski Lawmakers are on the verge of expanding access to abortion in Massachusetts over objections from Gov. Charlie Baker about sections of their proposal...