Facing nine ballot questions, Bay Staters rejected efforts to throw out existing cannabis and gun laws, and to change an obscure tax cap law. They gave the green light to legislative transparency and ...

We need to change how we judge whether transportation is working. Ridership matters, but it cannot be the only measure.

In a national political environment favoring Democrats, Bay State voters chose to stick with Healey and Markey at the top of ...

All eyes will now turn to the House and Senate, where negotiators need to decide in the next eight weeks whether to follow ...

Voters rebuffed an attempt to inject more competition into the state’s low-energy elections by shuttling all candidates ...

Local school districts, including the state’s largest district, are increasingly moving forward on their own, creating a ...

There's been "a dramatic increase" in early in-person voting, Galvin said at a State House press conference, while the mail-in voting rate is about the same as it was in 2022.

All eyes will now turn to the House and Senate, where negotiators need to decide in the next eight weeks whether to follow through on an earlier proposal to substitute their own idea for public ...

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

Smaller lots reduce land cost, so they should produce less expensive homes. Sometimes they do. But smaller lots do not ...

Gov. Maura Healey will head into Election Day with a high-spending opponent, an affordability crisis still raging, and few of her campaign season wish-list items fulfilled by fellow Democrats in the ...

The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction ordering the state to provide a third year of HomeBASE stabilization services, including the $15,000 in funding.  “We’re really trying to keep these two single ...