Facing criticism for not addressing steep tax hikes in Boston and a legislative stalemate on Beacon Hill, the Senate plans to sidestep the House and possibly advance its own proposal that could deliver limited relief in any Massachusetts city or town.
Time-sensitive plan to lower tax bills for Boston residents stuck in neutral as Senate won’t assign it to a committee, according to State House News Service.
While housing construction is up and home prices have stabilized, researchers expect home buyers and renters will continue to face affordability headwinds in Massachusetts.
Home prices and rents have flattened in 2025 but are still “historically” high, according to a 108-page Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2025 released by The Boston Foundation and Boston Indicators on Wednesday.
All Massachusetts residents eligible so far this month for federal government food assistance have received their full SNAP benefits, Gov. Maura Healey said Monday as drama continued in courtrooms and Congress over benefit delivery and the federal government shutdown.
By Sunday, as talks percolated in Washington about a potential deal to reopen the federal government, both Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Gov. Maura Healey were promising more SNAP litigation
MBTA General Manager Phil Eng has been tapped as the state’s interim transportation secretary effective immediately, filling in a role created Thursday by the resignation of Monica Tibbits-Nutt.
Congressman Seth Moulton of Salem announced Wednesday morning that he will run for U.S. Senate next year, arguing that Massachusetts cannot wait another six years to install someone from a younger generation in the Senate.
Former patients of a treatment facility run by the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office— along with Dorchester City Councillor John FitzGerald— are going to bat for the program as lawmakers weigh moving all Section 35 involuntary commitment facilities for substance use out of jails or prisons and into facilities licensed or approved by the Departments of Public or Mental Health.
By Colin A. Young
Most Bay Staters approve of the job Maura Healey is doing as governor of Massachusetts while an even greater share of residents here disapprove of President Donald Trump’s performance, a new poll found.
By Colin A. Young
Nearly a quarter-century after a day that many will never forget, the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund added a new program to its annual State House remembrance this week for high school students — and even some teachers — who were not alive when the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, took place.
By Sam Drysdale
Gov. Maura Healey said she sees President Donald Trump’s recent deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities as “political theater” and warned against using Massachusetts troops in the same way.
By Colin A. Young
Scofflaws take notice: The MBTA will be launching a renewed effort early next month to collect subway fares from you with written warnings and fines of up to $150.
By Alison Kuznitz
Larger households receiving publicly funded food benefits will get extra support to buy fresh fruits and vegetables starting next month, as state officials gird for federal cuts that could escalate food insecurity.
By Alison Kuznitz.
Massachusetts is facing an explosion in its 85-and-over population within 25 years at a time when nursing homes are closing and the ones still operating are struggling to secure higher public payment rates, access capital funding, and attract and retain workers, according to a new task force report.
