John Deaton says Massachusetts is pricing young families out of homeownership and needs more housing supply, less red tape and more real estate innovation.
Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial Mike Minogue has promised to not tax people out of Massachusetts. It's something his campaign says Maura Healey is doing right now.
Governor Maura Healey promised action on health care costs, but her private work group still won’t say what fixes it may recommend.
Hampshire College is hosting a summer workshop this week that promises to teach activists about “radical economics” and ways to move beyond capitalism.
The Agawam City Council approved a resolution urging state and federal leaders to support voter ID requirements at polling places.
A Massachusetts Republican lieutenant governor candidate faces allegations that forged nomination signatures, including signatures from deceased voters, were submitted to secure a place on the primary ballot.
Massachusetts voters will not decide a statewide rent control proposal in November after the Supreme Judicial Court ruled the ballot question is unconstitutional because it exempts housing operated for religious purposes.
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A Martha’s Vineyard town says people may legally swim and sunbathe nude at part of a public beach.
MassGOP committeewoman Janet Fogarty says Governor Maura Healey is putting politics over Massachusetts history by skipping the Freedom 250 celebration.
A Lexington middle school principal apologized to Arab, Muslim, Palestinian and Lebanese students after a lesson about the Holocaust and antisemitism, drawing criticism online.
Cambridge Public Schools asks parents applying to its preschool programs if their 3-year-old children identify as nonbinary, according to a form reviewed by NewBostonPost.
After a fight that resulted in eight arrests at Union Station in Springfield earlier this month, Mayor Domenic Sarno called for ending the region’s universal fare-free bus system and replacing it with a voucher system.
Democratic leaders and progressive groups praised the SJC ruling that removed a proposed income tax cut from the 2026 ballot after a summary from Andrea Campbell’s office was deemed misleading.
A new Pioneer Institute report says Massachusetts can reduce its record-high state workforce through attrition, saving taxpayers $1.5 billion over five years.
Andrea Campbell's ballot summary sank a proposed Massachusetts income tax cut, keeping the measure off the November ballot after the SJC found it significantly misleading.
A top Massachusetts House official said a possible rent control deal still has “some ways to go” as lawmakers face a July 1 deadline to pass a compromise before the question reaches voters.
A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll found over half of Massachusetts voters either could not name a Maura Healey administration accomplishment or said “nothing.”
Dartmouth High School is facing criticism after photos shared on social media showed a rainbow-colored bulletin board inside the school that said “Have a Gay Summer.”
Republican Mike Minogue says he would put veterans ahead of illegal immigrants if elected Massachusetts governor.
Gov. Maura Healey wants to find a legislative compromise to the rent control ballot question that she opposes, her campaign told the News Service on Tuesday.
Massachusetts U.S. House candidate Jonathan Paz recently posted a video showing himself and others hitting a piñata made to look like an ICE agent.
Massachusetts students are increasingly questioning whether a four-year college degree is worth the high cost, with new polling showing the lowest level of interest in bachelor’s degrees in at least three years.
Massachusetts lawmakers appear close to finalizing an early literacy reform bill that would require schools to use research-based reading instruction.
Sixth-grade students at Oak Ridge School in Sandwich learn through the Genderbread Person lesson that gender exists on a spectrum and is separate from biological sex, according to curriculum materials highlighted by the Massachusetts Family Institute.
Quincy Democrat Ron Iacobucci filed a complaint seeking to remove Jordan Korgood, a transgender socialist, from the Governor’s Council District 4 Democratic primary ballot.
Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Steve Kerrigan said character matters in politics, then defended backing Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner despite his personal scandals.
Governor Maura Healey faces questions about SNAP, MassDOT, MassHealth, Medicaid and whether she is doing enough to address fraud in Massachusetts.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the federal government should fund so-called gender-affirming care for “young people,” not President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Attorney General Andrea Campbell fairly summarized a ballot question that would undo recreational marijuana legalization in Massachusetts.
Governor Maura Healey signed a bill to replace hundreds of disability-related terms in Massachusetts law after supporters called them offensive.
Holyoke reported 398 violent crimes in 2024, giving it the highest violent crime rate among the Bay State cities reviewed by NewBostonPost.
Massachusetts shoppers will not have to pay the state’s 6.25% sales tax on many retail items under $2,500 during the Aug. 8-9 sales tax holiday.
Organizers announced that Trans Period Pride will move to a downtown city-owned office building after Boston Public Library canceled the event.
Gov. Maura Healey faces calls to opt Massachusetts into a new federal tax credit for donations to groups that provide K-12 scholarships.
The New England Clean Energy Connect line recently went offline for two weeks, while Vineyard Wind remains below its expected power output.
