A top House Democrat demanded Gov. Maura Healey’s administration cough up more information about the state-run emergency shelter system before the chamber moves forward with a series of ...

Gov. Maura Healey slipped a series of tax increases into her fiscal year 2026 budget like applying the sales tax to candy, slapping the tobacco tax on synthetic nicotine produces, imposing an ...

Officials from Boston, Cambridge, and elsewhere have for years sought the ability to use automated cameras for traffic enforcement, arguing it could lessen the burden on local law enforcement and help ...

Gov. Maura Healey said there is no reason to be concerned about it because Massachusetts is not a so-called "sanctuary state.

Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods would be “terrible for the Massachusetts economy," Gov. Maura Healey said.

Gov. Maura Healey plans to close a mental health center in Cape Cod, in addition to shuttering a state-run pediatric rehabilitation hospital in Canton.

Governor Maura Healey told business leaders that President Trump’s proposal to put tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico could spike electricity costs by $200 million a year.

The governor estimates that eliminating the sales tax exemption on candy could raise $25 million. Right now, Massachusetts is one of 11 states that exempt candy from the sales tax. WBZ-TV reached out ...

If President Donald Trump puts a 25% tariff on products coming from Canada starting next weekend, as he said this week he is considering, electricity<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Right to shelter did not make headlines back in 1983 when Gov. Dukakis signed a $1.6M homeless bill. Here's what was debated.

Federal immigration agents were seen Wednesday taking a man into custody in Chelsea, Massachusetts, as well as making other arrests in East Boston.

DOLLARS AND SENSE — Hanging over another year of modest growth in the state’s budget are questions about the future of ...