Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will headline an Aug. 2 fundraiser in Provincetown supporting Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s reelection campaign.
Massachusetts' highest court ruled Anne Manning Martin cannot appear on the Republican primary ballot for lieutenant governor, leaving Shawn Oliver as the party's only candidate on the ballot.
Attorney General Andrea Campbell has proposed updated Massachusetts rules for fantasy sports contests as the line between fantasy games and sports betting grows less clear.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court kept Republican attorney general candidate Michael Walsh on the September primary ballot. Anne Manning Martin's appeal over the lieutenant governor race remains pending.
A new objection claims some signatures for the Massachusetts marijuana repeal ballot question were not valid.
The Massachusetts House approved a five-year pilot program for psychedelic mental health treatment clinics as part of a larger economic development bill.
Massachusetts senators will debate a youth social media bill that would restrict autoplay, infinite scroll and notifications for minors without banning teens from platforms.
Massachusetts posted a 12.5% SNAP payment error rate in fiscal 2025, above the national average and the federal threshold that could force the state to cover millions in food benefit costs.
Attorney General Andrea Campbell plans to defend Massachusetts’s in-state tuition law for illegal immigrants against a Trump administration lawsuit.
Gov. Maura Healey will review and act on the $63.4 billion budget that lawmakers sent her last week, the first day of the new fiscal year the budget covers.
Massachusetts Republican lieutenant governor hopeful Anne Manning Martin is appealing the State Ballot Law Commission's decision that kicked her off the primary ballot over allegedly fraudulent signatures.
Michael Walsh wants the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a Massachusetts ruling that removed him from the Republican primary ballot.
Anne Brensley says she went from extreme poverty in Honduras to the American dream after being adopted into a New York family. Now the former Wayland selectman and real estate developer is running a write-in campaign for Massachusetts lieutenant governor.
Millions of gallons of raw sewage have poured into the Merrimack River after a Haverhill sewer main break, forcing beach and shellfish closures before Fourth of July.
On Tuesday, gubernatorial candidate Brian Shortsleeve hosted a press conference outside the State House where he criticized responses to the alleged signature fraud from his primary opponent Mike Minogue and the MassGOP.
Massachusetts lawmakers are set to miss the July 1 budget deadline as they do every year, forcing the state to rely on a temporary spending bill.
Massachusetts is one of only five states that has not explicitly criminalized AI-generated child sexual abuse material, the author argues.
Massachusetts is the only state that bans all consumer fireworks. It's time for Beacon Hill to legalize them and keep the business in the Commonwealth.
The Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission ruled that two Republican statewide candidates cannot appear on the September primary ballot after finding they lacked enough valid nomination signatures.
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.
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.
MassGOP committeewoman Janet Fogarty says Governor Maura Healey is putting politics over Massachusetts history by skipping the Freedom 250 celebration.
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.”
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.
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.
Governor Maura Healey faces questions about SNAP, MassDOT, MassHealth, Medicaid and whether she is doing enough to address fraud in Massachusetts.
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.
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.
Gov. Maura Healey faces calls to opt Massachusetts into a new federal tax credit for donations to groups that provide K-12 scholarships.
