Ashland resident Barbara Sekesogundu has been honored with a Black Excellence Award by the Massachusetts Black and Latino ...

A lobbyist or business leader can donate to a lawmaker’s campaign account, which must then be reported on the state’s ...

Senate President Karen Spilka pledged that the Senate would reject any piece of “anti-LGBTQ” legislation that is filed in the ...

Senate President Karen Spilka said she does not support Gov. Maura Healey’s attempt to resurrect a tax on prescription drugs ...

Democrat-controlled state legislatures around the country have begun to push back on the Trump administration. In ...

Two western Massachusetts lawmakers are seeking to amend the state constitution to allow smaller farms to access property tax benefits currently available only to larger peers, in an effort to ...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signs law extending hybrid and remote public meetings to enhance civic participation.

There were 1,007 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2024. Massachusetts held 52 special elections during the same time period. The largest number of special elections in ...

Some sheriffs worried that Senate Bill 8 could create an unfunded mandate, while civil rights advocates warned about possible racial profiling. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers ...

Other Republicans who could join the race could include former Trump ambassador and Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who tried to make a Senate run in neighboring New Hampshire in 2014 and lost.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp ...