Irish pub that plans live music approved in Adams Village
September 24, 2026
Flanked by law enforcement officials, Gov. Maura Healey last Thursday (Sept. 10) accepted a slew of endorsements from public safety-aligned organizations in her bid for reelection.
Voter information guides will begin landing in mailboxes this week and the state’s top election official says voters should read all 88 pages because the ballot questions they will decide will affect their lives in “real ways.”
Nearly 90% of the 2,000 nurses represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East voted in favor of the strike.
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was acquitted by a federal jury Wednesday of corruption charges related to a cannabis investment, according to reports from inside the courtroom.
For the second cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has dispatched a primary challenge from another member of the state’s all-Democrat congressional delegation, cruising to victory Tuesday over U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton and positioning himself one election away from another six-year term.
Massachusetts will see higher turnout in next Tuesday’s primary elections than it did in 2022, Secretary of State William Galvin predicted Thursday.
Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro recommended an internal investigation and 10-day pause on the district’s payments to vendors for certain departments.
The survey highlighted long-standing racial wealth gaps.
Gov. Maura Healey said Massachusetts will stay on a separate vaccination course.
The haze of smoke drifting over Massachusetts from Canadian wildfires has obscured the summer sun and caused state officials on Wednesday to issue a statewide air quality alert.
Lamenting an “inactive” Legislature and speaking to an increase in ballot questions this election cycle, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that “we can’t have our own state Legislature also add to the headwinds” that she said are already being whipped up by the federal government.
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More precipitation and outdated infrastructure hampers the water quality of the three rivers that flow into Boston Harbor, including the Neponset.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.
