AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY, Massachusetts’s minimum hourly wage hit $15 in 2023. And workers groups say it’s already behind the times. “What we’ve seen is that, yes, that minimum wage did increase, but ...

NINE BALLOT QUESTIONS have turned voters’ ballots into booklets this fall, with questions ranging from marijuana policy to voting rules to zoning reform. Not since 1994 have Massachusetts voters had ...

PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS face daunting challenges across the US, from pandemic ridership losses to traffic congestion, fare evasion and pressure to keep rides affordable. In some cities, including ...

To continue to pretend like our schools are better than they really are is a disservice to students, teachers, families, and ...

LONG BEFORE I became a residential land developer, my father was fighting development. I grew up in Westwood, where he was involved in efforts to protect forested land from clear-cutting and ...

IN AUGUST 1960, amid catastrophic population loss and the prospect of vast amounts of federal aid, State House leaders and then-Mayor John Collins struck a deal exempting Boston from most ...

Danielle Allen, a Harvard University professor leading the charge for replacing partisan primary elections in Massachusetts with a single nonpartisan primary, speaks at a debate on the topic ...

Question 7 will not transform Massachusetts neighborhoods overnight. But it can give homeowners, builders, and communities ...

Question 7 will not transform Massachusetts neighborhoods overnight. But it can give homeowners, builders, and communities more room to create the smaller homes that zoning has made difficult to build ...