Legislative leaders opted not to engage in serious negotiations with initiative petition proponents earlier in the year, when a compromise might have averted measures going to the ballot. And now, the...

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As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.

California’s nonpartisan primary pits eight Democrats against two Republicans; only the top two finishers advance. Do the math.

In a perverse twist on virtue signaling, the Trump administration is training Americans in the politics of raw domination.

Campaign finance regulators faulted Democratic state Rep. Chynah Tyler for spending about $5,664 in campaign funds for her personal use.

Everyday people--and not just advocates deep in the trenches--are seeing that things need to change.

Legislative leaders in Massachusetts kicked off this session with pledges to get more business done. But a WBUR analysis found that most of the major bills that cleared the House or Senate have sat un...

Top Massachusetts House Democrats made clear Wednesday that they do not plan to turn to Massachusetts’ massive rainy day fund to bail out federal food assistance benefits that are set to run out of ca...

Act on Mass is a non-profit organization that tracks what happens in the Massachusetts State House and the issues that matter to you.