The Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday that the initiative petition seeking to impose statewide rent control “impermissibly” relates to religion and religious institutions.
More precipitation and outdated infrastructure hampers the water quality of the three rivers that flow into Boston Harbor, including the Neponset.
Led by Dorchester’s own Lew Finfer, opponents of the income tax cut filed a lawsuit with the SJC arguing that Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s summary of the proposal is so flawed and unfair that the measure should be disqualified from the ballot.
Philip Eng is living out a leadership experiment at the state Department of Transportation: overseeing both the transit system and serving as the governor’s statewide transportation point person.
Ella Adams of State House News Service on the commemoration ceremonies to mark the 250th anniversary of end of the Siege of Boston, best known as Evacuation Day.
South End leaders proposed Wednesday a tougher, tightly coordinated plan to confront open drug use and homelessness at Boston’s long-troubled Mass. and Cass intersection.
Massachusetts has recorded six pediatric deaths this flu season, a top public health official said on Feb. 11.
The ruling by Judge Ana Reyes represents a “resounding win for the tens of thousands of hardworking Haitian TPS recipients in Massachusetts,” said Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
Gov. Healey signed an executive order intended to ban new 287(g) immigration enforcement agreements “unless there is a public safety need,” prohibit ICE from making civil arrests in non-public areas of state facilities, and ban the use of state property for immigration enforcement staging.
Members of the Legislature’s Black and Latino Legislative Caucus unveiled legislation this week aimed at boosting protections for immigrant communities in Massachusetts amid federal disruptions nationwide.
Gov. Maura Healey demanded Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem resign on Monday, following outrage that erupted around the nation this weekend after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
With a Feb. 3 deadline just two weeks away, Massachusetts Democrats warned Tuesday that the Trump administration’s move to end protections for Haitians could upend thousands of families statewide.
In the showdown over local property taxes, the Senate on Thursday advanced a relief bill and delivered a formal rebuke to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s tax shift plan.
State senators plan to vote Thursday on whether to allow cities and towns to offer credits and rebates during so-called property tax shock years.
John Barros, a businessman and former economic development chief under former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, was appointed to lead the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority last Friday (Jan. 9).
