Advocates for gun safety recently visited with state legislators to endorse a bill that they say further holds the firearms ...

Libraries, schools and cultural organizations around Massachusetts and the country celebrate April as National Poetry Month. In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state poem of the ...

Lucas: What surely must have President Trump shaking in his boots was the vow by Democrat state Senate President Karen Spilka ...

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of ...

A bipartisan pair of western Massachusetts lawmakers voiced frustration Thursday that Gov. Maura Healey's proposed transportation spending skews heavily toward the MBTA.

One of the economic experts most often relied upon by Beacon Hill's budget managers recommended Thursday that the Legislature and administration develop a strategy to digest and respond ...

Lawmakers will need to reconcile questions about the right balance for income surtax spending, in more way than one, when ...

The home equity theft law supported by Sen Mark Montigny, D-New Bedford, since 2018 is facing a lobbying campaign to insert ...

At a Beacon Hill hearing, state lawmakers weighed the split between education and transportation spending, as well as ...

• Estate Tax: Governor Healey increased the threshold from $1 million to $2 million with a credit that mitigates the cliff effect. This change brings Massachusetts more in line with other states, ...

Top Massachusetts lawmakers showed outrage and gave dire warnings in response to Monday’s announcement that three federal ...