Sam Drysdale BOSTON – Hoping to finally make headway after years of efforts, criminal justice reform advocates knocked doors Wednesday at the State House asking lawmakers...
By Alison Kuznitz People filing new unemployment claims this week, as well as eligible existing claimants, can now receive benefits for up to 30 weeks, up...
By Michael P. Norton The state agency that oversees health insurance for 460,000 public employees, retirees and their dependents is on track to run out of...
By Ella Adams After two years of spending about $1 billion annually on an overburdened emergency family shelter system, top Democrats are proposing that the state...
By Colin A. Young Fewer single-family homes were sold in Massachusetts last month compared to a year prior, but real estate market analysts at The Warren...
By Sam Drysdale House Democrats used a procedural maneuver on Wednesday that essentially put on ice a freshman Republican’s push to ban transgender students from playing...
By Sam Drysdale Bills aimed at cracking down on escalating assaults on health care workers have languished in the Legislature for 16 years. This session, an...
By Chris Lisinski, Michael P. Norton Economic uncertainty deepened Monday as stock markets continued their multi-day, tariff-fueled decline, and the House budget chief declined to rule out...
More than 125,000 Massachusetts residents receiving public nutrition benefits can now order groceries online through a pilot program, the Department of Public Health announced Tuesday. Participants...
By Sam Drysdale Constitutional experts invited by Senate Democrats to testify Wednesday said that allowing a voter-approved audit of their chambers to take place could lead...
