A wave of wealthy individuals with ties to various investment, private equity, and venture capital firms has put millions of dollars behind a ballot question to scrap the state's party primaries.

GOP gubernatorial nominee Michael Minogue could benefit financially if the flavored nicotine products ZYN sells are allowed to return to Massachusetts store shelves.

Anti-abortion activists launched a bid this week to suspend and eventually seek the repeal of a law that makes it easier for women to receive an abortion later in pregnancy.

After coasting through her Democratic race unopposed on Tuesday, Healey used her first public campaign stop in this South Coast city to again predominantly frame her reelection effort as one counterin...

Governor Maura Healey on Tuesday officially captured the Democratic nomination in her bid for a second term, setting up a general election fight against one of two Republicans.

Experts in political branding said Michael Minogue's blue color scheme could be an intentional play to make him more appealing to voters in a state that largely elects Democrats to its highest offices

Michelle Wu's backing has provided an undeniable boost for Daniel Lander and Latoya Gayle in the notoriously difficult challenge of unseating Boston incumbents. But it's also led to scrutiny over whet...

The declaration came after the Globe last week reported previously unknown details of his homeownership at the high-end Yellowstone Club.

Michael Minogue, who's running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, built a home in the Yellowstone Club that, records show, has a market value of $31 million.

A state judge on Friday reinstated one of two statewide Republican candidates knocked off the primary ballot amid fraud allegations.

The Massachusetts House on Thursday passed language creating a five-year pilot program that would allow licensed mental health care clinics to offer on-site psychedelic treatments.

A dozen people told the Globe that they did not sign nomination papers to help get two statewide Republican candidates on the ballot despite their names and signatures being listed.

Massachusetts House lawmakers plan to pass legislation Wednesday targeting the state’s ballot question process and the paid signature gatherers who help campaigns get their proposals before voters.

A court ruling this week striking down a ballot question to establish rent control has “diminished” the possibility of a deal emerging this year on Beacon Hill, lawmakers said Wednesday, and prompted ...

Attorney General Andrea Campbell acknowledged her office got a series of ballot questions “wrong,” leading to two being struck down by the state’s highest court.

Massachusetts voters this fall will weigh a statewide referendum of a sweeping state gun law, giving Second Amendment groups a potential trial balloon — and road map — for peeling back restrictive fir...

Governor Maura Healey said she supported her interim secretary of transportation, Phil Eng, Saturday after revelations that he pulled an employee’s hair two years ago.

A series of email exchanges offers insight into how a ballot question to reduce the state income tax was thrown off the ballot.

The ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court only addressed technical questions about whether proponents of the measure met the constitutional requirements to be on the ballot this fall.

In the 30-second advertisement, Jeannine Hicks, a registered Democrat, describes Minogue as an “excellent family man” and a “servant leader.”

Public employees’ decision to pitch in on their bosses’ reelection campaigns can create a delicate dance, and uncomfortable optics for the elected officials, experts say.

In a roughly half-hour address to thousands of friendly party delegates, Governor Maura Healey positioned herself as the only candidate willing to actively oppose President Trump.

A state Senator said Thursday that the chamber's vote “isn’t capitulation. This is a balanced, responsible way for us to respond."

As she and other Democrats argue the party should focus less on the culture wars of past election cycles, Governor Maura Healey has elevated abortion access as an 'economic issue.'

The Massachusetts House is primed to pass a bill that would Massachusetts the first state in the country to put guardrails on weaponizing drones and other unmanned devices.

The sparring between state Auditor Diana DiZoglio and top Democratic leaders on Beacon Hill — and DiZoglio and Attorney General Andrea Campbell — about what DiZoglio can, and cannot, audit has been me...

The Trump administration threatened to sue Massachusetts, charging that the Healey administration has refused to issue confidential license plates through the Registry of Motor Vehicles to Immigration...

The state’s highest court is positioned to dramatically shape which ballot questions appear on the general election ballot in November, and has already played a key role in knocking out of contention ...

A ballot question that would eliminate political party primaries for state elections in favor of a single, all-party primary is creating fractures among Massachusetts Democrats.

Mike Kennealy hails from the moderate era of Republicans in Massachusetts. After a career in private equity, he worked for two terms under former Gov. Charlie Baker and has a track record closely tied...

Anne Brensley, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, and her husband owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes to the federal government as of March, according to public records. She...

The wealthy former biotech executive identifies as a "born again" Catholic who would bring CEO-style management to the state as a “new kind of governor.”

The wealthy former biotech executive identifies as a "born again" Catholic who would bring CEO-style management to the state as a “new kind of governor.”

All three Republican gubernatorial candidates have blasted Gov. Maura Healey over the cost of living in Massachusetts. Public records show each owns at least one multi-million-dollar home and addition...

The program was created over the summer as part of the state budget and has helped hundreds of immigrants facing deportation retain lawyers at no cost. Senate President Karen Spilka said she wants to ...

The program, known as the Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative, provides pro bono legal assistance to low-income immigrants facing removal.

The poll, which the Minogue campaign shared with WBUR, found the former biotech exec had support from 29% of Republican primary voters and convention attendees. Another 47% of survey respondents were ...

Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro said the sheriffs’ budgeting problems start with the state budget. The commonwealth “routinely” underfunds sheriffs, he wrote, with the understanding that departments...

In a filing with the SJC, the state's attorney general argues she is the "gatekeeper empowered to determine when, if ever, the Commonwealth’s intragovernmental legal disputes require judicial resoluti...

Brian Shortsleeve left venture capital more than a decade ago to overhaul the MBTA’s troubled finances at the request of then-Gov. Charlie Baker, a moderate Republican of the classic Massachusetts sty...

Attorneys for the Trump administration argue that a federal court in Boston lacks jurisdiction to force immigration authorities to decide if a Venezuelan staffer working for Gov. Maura Healey should i...

U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley has overseen a more than six-fold increase in the number of federal immigration cases charged in the state in the year since she was appointed as the state’s...

Gov. Maura Healey’s cabinet has seen major turnover this year, in roles from veteran services to transportation, as the first-term Democrat faces reelection in 2026 and a continuing onslaught from the...