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More precipitation and outdated infrastructure hampers the water quality of the three rivers that flow into Boston Harbor, including the Neponset.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.
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.
