A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House and later the Senate.

On January 9, Governor Maura Healey signed An Act Prohibiting Inhumane Feline Declawing (S.2552) into law. The law bans cat declawing in Massachusetts, exc ...

MassGOP Party Chair Amy Carnevale in 2021. The Democratic bastion of Massachusetts was not immune to Republican victories in ...

Greater Boston continues to see economic growth, with the state’s gross domestic product in the increase. Still, there are ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has announced changes to the state’s migrant crisis response amid rising safety concerns and the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Healey is now tightening ...

Governor Maura Healey nominated four attorneys for Massachusetts' Probate and Family Court, pending confirmation by the Governor’s Council. These nominees are expected to impact family legal issues ...

Capping charitable tax deductions would be "a turn in the wrong direction," writes one reader. Another bemoans proposed cuts ...

The candy tax Healey is proposing is part of her $62 billion budget that she filed with the Legislature last week.

Gov. Maura Healey’s top housing deputy met privately with Democratic Senators Wednesday to discuss funding for the emergency ...

Students in Massachusetts are outperforming their peers across the country according to the latest national report card — ...

Despite leading other states in math and reading on last year's National Assessment of Educational Progress, known also as ...