Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey recently told business leaders that she doesn't support raising taxes — despite announcing a proposal earlier this…
By Bruce Mohl CommonWealth Beacon A special committee of eight Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers on Wednesday issued a series of reports…
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) worries that younger Americans are not anti-Trump enough. Sanders said that while he understands…
Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly support transparency measures, according to a recent Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll. The poll found that 76.8 percent…
A candidate for selectman in Dracut has made a campaign promise: the more followers he gets on Facebook, the more he will…
A male transgender skier earned all-league honors in Maine this school year. Maine Coast Waldorf School sophomore Soren Stark-Chessa was…
If the Massachusetts House of Representatives has its way, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will ban schools from having American Indian mascots. This…
By Gintautas Dumcius CommonWealth Beacon Campaign finance regulators kept coming back with a question for Chris Flanagan, a freshman House lawmaker who…
What is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s political ideology? The independent presidential candidate described himself as a "classical liberal"…
President Joe Biden is coming to Massachusetts in May. The president plans to attend three fund-raisers for the Biden Victory Fund…
The Massachusetts fiscal year 2024 budget set aside $325 million for the state's emergency shelter system. However, the state has…
Four Deep Sports Talk presented its annual basketball Players and Coaches of the Year awards and Hall of Fame awards this past…
Vermont voters want their state's liberal Republican governor and democratic socialist federal senator to seek re-election this year. Fifty-…
By Jennifer Smith CommonWealth Beacon Six years since Massachusetts opened the first legal recreational marijuana stores on the East Coast, residents are…
Welfare fraud continues to be a problem in Massachusetts. Investigators in state Auditor Diana DiZoglio's office found nearly $2.9…
The Massachusetts legislature and Governor Maura Healey put a new restriction on the state's emergency shelter system, but it won&…
A former Berklee College of Music student from the People's Republic of China was sentenced to nine months in federal…
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is not happy with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sanders took issue with Netanyahu'…
