A top House Democrat demanded Gov. Maura Healey’s administration cough up more information about the state-run emergency shelter system before the chamber moves forward with a series of ...

Gov. Maura Healey slipped a series of tax increases into her fiscal year 2026 budget like applying the sales tax to candy, slapping the tobacco tax on synthetic nicotine produces, imposing an ...

Officials from Boston, Cambridge, and elsewhere have for years sought the ability to use automated cameras for traffic enforcement, arguing it could lessen the burden on local law enforcement and help ...

Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.

Gov. Maura Healey's $62 billion budget proposal was announced this week. It includes major transit and education investments.

The governor estimates that eliminating the sales tax exemption on candy could raise $25 million. Right now, Massachusetts is one of 11 states that exempt candy from the sales tax. WBZ-TV reached out ...

Federal immigration agents were seen Wednesday taking a man into custody in Chelsea, Massachusetts, as well as making other arrests in East Boston.

The state’s surtax on incomes over $1 million, approved by voters in 2022, is doing what it was intended to do: creating more ...

Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods would be “terrible for the Massachusetts economy," Gov. Maura Healey said.

DOLLARS AND SENSE — Hanging over another year of modest growth in the state’s budget are questions about the future of ...

If President Donald Trump puts a 25% tariff on products coming from Canada starting next weekend, electricity costs in Massachusetts could increase by as much as $200 million a year, Gov. Maura ...

Right to shelter did not make headlines back in 1983 when Gov. Dukakis signed a $1.6M homeless bill. Here's what was debated.