Sam Drysdale BOSTON – Between 2021 and 2023, the number of Massachusetts residents living in food insecure households increased by close to 50 percent, according to...
By Sam Drysdale A proposal to allow Boston residents who are not U.S. citizens to vote in municipal elections may be making its way up to...
By Sam Drysdale Emergency shelter costs will approach $1 billion annually this fiscal year and next fiscal year, according to the Healey administration, which plans to...
By Colin A. Young Single-family home sales in Massachusetts were down markedly in November while housing prices set record highs for the month. And if that...
By Sam Drysdale, Chris Lisinski Her first year in office is winding down, and Gov. Maura Healey is enthusiastic to point out where she thinks she...
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 11, 2023…..There have been 317 school shootings in the United States so far this year, exceeding last year’s record-breaking amount, according to...
By Chris Lisinski After a pair of unsuccessful statewide campaigns, veteran Republican candidate Geoff Diehl of Whitman might now be eyeing a second pass at joining...
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON,…..Legislators who have not always felt adequately informed about the state’s emergency family shelter crisis will soon get more regular reports on...
Chris Lisinski DEC. 5, 2023…..Beacon Hill’s growing financial headache got worse Tuesday when the Healey administration reported that tax collections tumbled in November, putting the state’s...
Chris Lisinski DEC. 4, 2023…..After weeks of legislative procrastination, parliamentary delays and finger-pointing, a $3.1 billion spending bill packed with money for the stretched-thin emergency shelter...