Gov. Maura Healey slipped a series of tax increases into her fiscal year 2026 budget like applying the sales tax to candy, slapping the tobacco tax on synthetic nicotine produces, imposing an ...

Federal agents in Massachusetts have taken several people into federal custody as the Trump administration begins enforcing new immigration policies.

AG Campbell secures a $7.4 billion opioid settlement against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for Massachusetts.

Gov. Maura Healey's $62 billion budget proposal was announced this week. It includes major transit and education investments.

Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods would be “terrible for the Massachusetts economy," Gov. Maura Healey said.

As Healey filed her fiscal 2026 budget Wednesday, a string of health care unions lamented the governor’s plan to shutter ...

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Gov. Maura Healey announced plans to close the state-run Pocasset Mental Health Center and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital in Canton as part of her fiscal 2026 budget. The governor also intends to ...

Gov. Maura Healey plans to close a mental health center in Cape Cod, in addition to shuttering a state-run pediatric rehabilitation hospital in Canton.

Governor Maura Healey’s budget proposal includes major cuts to health and social service programs, including two residential ...

The governor estimates that eliminating the sales tax exemption on candy could raise $25 million. Right now, Massachusetts is one of 11 states that exempt candy from the sales tax. WBZ-TV reached out ...

Right to shelter did not make headlines back in 1983 when Gov. Dukakis signed a $1.6M homeless bill. Here's what was debated.