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More than three-quarters of Massachusetts legislative races are effectively decided after the September primaries, with 155 primary winners facing no major-party opponent in November.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Minogue says he is ready to move past his differences with lieutenant governor nominee Shawn Oliver as the two prepare to campaign together.
A federal jury acquitted Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins on both corruption charges tied to a $50,000 cannabis company investment.
MIT professor Rosalind Picard discusses her pioneering work in affective computing, her Christian faith, entrepreneurship, family, and the promise and risks of artificial intelligence.
Massachusetts will spend another $81.4 million on Big Dig debt in fiscal 2027, with payments on the troubled highway project scheduled to continue through 2038.
Republican lieutenant governor nominee Shawn Oliver called for party unity and said he is ready to work with Mike Minogue after Brian Shortsleeve lost the gubernatorial primary.
Mike Minogue defeated Brian Shortsleeve in the Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial primary and will face Democratic Gov. Maura Healey in November.
Ed Markey defeated Seth Moulton in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary while again promising Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, abolishing ICE and other progressive priorities.
Patrick Clancy’s lawyer says influencers and celebrities falsely accusing him of killing his three children should be “on notice.”
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue says flavored Zyn nicotine pouches should be legal in Massachusetts, despite the state's flavored tobacco ban.
ICE will spend up to $2 million on robot dogs made by Waltham-based Boston Dynamics for use during immigration enforcement raids.
Massachusetts’ Student Opportunity Act increased school aid, but higher local spending requirements are putting added pressure on some city budgets.
Four Democrats running for Massachusetts legislative seats have supported legal recognition or protections for people in polyamorous relationships.
Republican candidate for governor Mike Minogue told WBZ-TV’s Jon Keller that he wants an outside audit of state spending and more manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts.
Gov. Maura Healey hasn't seen all of the charges against Methuen Rep. Francisco Paulino following his arrest, indictment and arraignment last week, but on Monday called what she does know "very disturbing."
A Massachusetts Senate climate bill would ban plastic bags, impose new consumer fees, fund local projects, and authorize nearly $4 billion in possible borrowing.
Turnout in the Sept. 1 Massachusetts primaries hit 10.6% as of 4 p.m. Monday, accounting for 550,632 ballots cast by voters across the state.
Four out-of-towners recently urged the Hopkinton School Committee to reconsider its policy allowing some Sikh students to carry ceremonial knives in school.
Secretary of State William Galvin said Massachusetts’ all-party primary ballot question could hurt third parties and raised questions about how it would affect voters.
Public records produced in a legal battle with ExxonMobil show Massachusetts agencies failed to comply with a 2017 rule requiring cuts to emissions from state-owned vehicles.
Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer called her a “darn good mother” during closing arguments in her trial for killing her three young children.
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey’s reelection campaign is paying social media influencers to promote the Massachusetts Democrat as he faces a primary challenge from Congressman Seth Moulton.
Boston Public Schools wasted at least $857,000 through illegal or improper spending from 2019 through 2024, the state inspector general found.
The Massachusetts Senate took a more liberal stance than the House on climate, zoning, and other progressive priorities during the latest legislative session.
Former MassGOP chair Jennifer Nassour is suing Brian Shortsleeve’s campaign, alleging a staffer secretly recorded her during a Republican caucus and later shared edited excerpts.
Democratic state Rep. Francisco Paulino of Methuen faces federal charges alleging he fraudulently obtained pandemic unemployment benefits and business loans.
A judge rejected conflict-of-interest claims involving the $2 billion Springfield courthouse project and denied losing bidders’ request to halt negotiations.
The Healey administration issued new guidance telling Massachusetts schools and childcare programs how to limit cooperation with ICE agents under the state’s new immigrant protection law.
A parent is calling attention to a large LGBTQ Pride mural on a wall at King Philip Regional Middle School in Norfolk.
Ed Flynn wants an independent probe after Boston voters received wrong primary ballots at a site with a history of similar errors.
Massachusetts lost more than 3,600 life sciences jobs in 2025 as the industry posted its first year-over-year employment decline in more than two decades.
The Rochester district says a person it called an “independent decision-maker” found no Title IX violation. The girl’s parents say the school failed to protect her.
Massachusetts Democrat Alan Silvia criticized the state’s new late-term abortion law on Newsmax after lawmakers lifted the old rules after 24 weeks.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton says he would not vote to end the Senate filibuster if Republicans remain in control, despite previously calling for its abolition.
Republican treasurer candidate Elizabeth Dionne is calling for answers from Treasurer Deb Goldberg after former Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien sued Goldberg and the agency.
Norfolk County district attorney candidate Jim Barakat says he would not have brought the murder case against Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother charged with killing her three children.
