A new MassINC Polling Group survey finds that Bay Staters are still concerned about Gov. Maura Healey’s response to affordability concerns, even as she appears poised to win reelection with relative e...

When Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said there should be more talk about maternal health in the aftermath of the Lindsay Clancy trial, the conversation that followed on social media was probably not ...

Question 3 supporters have pulled in a growing number of mayors who’ve witnessed top-two elections up close. But not everyone agrees that the system would translate well to state elections.

Over the last three decades, it was the norm for Massachusetts to see between two and four ballot measures. But in 2026, voters must weigh in on a whopping nine ballot questions. That brings the red b...

Three days into a pilot program with the Boston Police Department, city officials realized Flock Safety had been distributing data it promised not to share with external law enforcement agencies, acco...

Will Brownsberger is poised to return to the Massachusetts state Senate after a recount affirmed his slim Democratic primary win.

Last Wednesday (Sept 2.) Rita Steele and her mother, Hilarie Jackson, crammed into the Gilman Chapel at Cedar Grove Cemetery with about 100 other observers and listened closely as the names of 133 Bla...

Gov. Maura Healey told WBUR that Suffolk County Sheriff Tompkins should "think about what's in the best interest of constituents and people he was elected to serve," after his acquittal on federal ext...

The decision by the state's highest court is a major win for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on a high-stakes project that's been a priority for her administration. Women's soccer team Boston Legacy FC plans...

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After the House and Senate passed differing versions of the so-called PROTECT Act this spring, Beacon Hill leaders announced a compromise Wednesday intended to bolster immigrant protections and limit ...

Massachusetts will officially a state record for the number of ballot questions this fall. But the volume presents logistical challenges when it comes to "time and space" at the polls, according to Se...

In a highly unusual move in the insular world of Massachusetts politics, Wu is the first mayor in recent memory to openly campaign against state senators who have blocked her priorities.

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Ways and Means Committee Chair Aaron Michlewitz says it's to keep the $156,000 pay "competitive" for Suffolk register of deeds. But the Legislature also wants to consider consolidating registries acro...

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