Republican candidate Mike Minogue wants investigators to examine contracts and alleged insider deals at the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue says Massachusetts can cut health care costs by moving more routine care from major hospitals to local clinics and outpatient centers.
After a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court judge ruled she can't appear on the Sept. 1 primary ballot, Anne Manning Martin launched a write-in campaign Tuesday.
Army veteran Mark Avis urges Congress to pass the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act, arguing it would reinvest VA savings in veterans’ programs.
Massachusetts just changed its rules on ICE and immigration enforcement. Here's what the new PROTECT Act actually does, what it restricts, and where state power ends.
The MassGOP opposes bills that would create a permanent Muslim commission and let it recommend Muslims for appointed government positions.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Shortsleeve says he backs Gov. Maura Healey’s new Massachusetts law allowing elective abortions throughout the third trimester.
Lawyers sparred in court over an alleged conflict of interest involving a $2 billion Springfield courthouse project and the state's bidding process.
Chris Shepley says the 18th Essex District needs an independent voice who will challenge Beacon Hill leadership, demand transparency and hold state government accountable.
Gov. Maura Healey signed a new Massachusetts law limiting when schools can remove library books and requiring a formal process for parental challenges.
The Massachusetts Senate recently advanced an energy affordability bill intended to lower costs, but the fine print tells a different story.
Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston City Council are fighting an ICE search for 249 parking spaces downtown.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America says Massachusetts’ late-term abortion bill shows why leaving abortion policy entirely to the states has failed and is calling for national protections for unborn children.
Most Massachusetts lawmakers face no primary challenge this year, but a handful of contested races could shape the ideological direction of Beacon Hill after the Sept. 1 election.
Former Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and former Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito will raise money for Democrat Christopher Markey as he runs against Republican Seth Aitken for Bristol County district attorney.
Gov. Maura Healey signed the PROTECT Act into law Wednesday, immediately expanding protections against civil immigration arrests by ICE at schools, hospitals, child care centers and courthouses.
Gov. Maura Healey will sign a new law that limits warrantless civil immigration arrests at Massachusetts courthouses, schools, child care centers and healthcare facilities.
Stephen Lynch says Democrats have moved too far left ahead of primary challenge.
The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families sent a foster-care letter to a Level 3 sex offender who sexually abused the child’s mother, according to a report.
A Massachusetts state agency used a BIPOC racial preference when awarding more than $2.3 million in grants to artists, according to the program's published application and review rules.
Sen. John Velis accused Progressive Massachusetts Policy Director Jonathan Cohn of attacking patriotism after Cohn mocked Sen. Mike Rush’s campaign signs.
Gov. Maura Healey unveiled 12 healthcare affordability recommendations aimed at lowering premiums, drug prices, hospital costs, surprise bills, and spending on low-value care.
Republican attorney general candidate Michael Walsh says signature gatherer Joe Bronske owes his campaign $15,000 after failing to deliver the number of nomination signatures the campaign paid for.
Two Massachusetts families argue state rules unlawfully force private-school students to leave campus to receive publicly funded special education services.
Gov. Maura Healey called for lower energy costs and criticized utility companies, but lawmakers remain divided and no agreement on energy affordability legislation has emerged.
Massachusetts lawmakers included millions in pork-barrel spending in the $63.42 billion state budget. Here are 10 of the worst examples.
Massachusetts Senate Democrats are joining a push initiated last week in the House to loosen restrictions on later-term abortions.
John Barros has withdrawn from the Springfield courthouse project as a lawsuit and ethics questions continue over the state's selection of the development team.
Auditor Diana DiZoglio says a Massachusetts Senate public records bill includes a "poison pill" that could block a voter-approved transparency ballot question.
Several Massachusetts businesses and groups offer lower prices or free paid services based on transgender identity.
Massachusetts lawmakers reached a deal on the PROTECT Act, a bill expanding protections for illegal immigrants by limiting ICE civil enforcement at courthouses, schools, hospitals and child care centers.
Massachusetts Treasurer candidate Elizabeth Dionne says the state should automatically return smaller unclaimed-property amounts instead of forcing residents through months of paperwork.
Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Steve Kerrigan received probation and a 45-day license suspension after an OUI arrest in Southborough.
Governor Maura Healey has backed statewide phonics standards, graduation requirements and other education reforms opposed by the Massachusetts Teachers Association, drawing praise from some education reform advocates.
One day after Massachusetts approved an average 10.4% health insurance premium increase for 2027, Insurance Commissioner Michael Caljouw said the state's healthcare system is "getting worse every day."
State Senator Cindy Friedman says the Massachusetts Senate is working on a bill that would loosen restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks.
