A top Senate Democrat expressed skepticism toward Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to boost state spending by 7.4% in fiscal year ...

A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House and later the Senate.

Gov. Maura Healey said her legislation to tax candy sales was just "an idea" as she talked about the Bay State's revenue crunch Tuesday and jokingly apologized for the contemplated ...

We’re not seeing the progress we need to regain the ground our students lost during the pandemic,” said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, of the NAEP test ...

The negotiations are required as part of an economic development law that enables the New England Revolution stadium proposal ...

Capping charitable tax deductions would be "a turn in the wrong direction," writes one reader. Another bemoans proposed cuts ...

"When town voters choose luxury over housing their essential workers, they should not be entitled to a handout," writes one ...

The candy tax Healey is proposing is part of her $62 billion budget that she filed with the Legislature last week.

Gov. Maura Healey’s top housing deputy met privately with Democratic Senators Wednesday to discuss funding for the emergency ...

Confirmation hearings have not yet been scheduled by the Governor’s Council, which has final approval power over new judges.