Boston kicked off Black History Month celebrations on Monday with prayers, songs, powerful speeches, and a call to action.

Invoking Emily Dickinson, Phillis Wheatley, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sam Cornish and Robert Frost, Gov. Maura Healey on ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is reportedly reconsidering her plan to shutter a children’s hospital in Canton and move its services to western Massachusetts, a Bay State lawmaker said Friday. U.S.

The governor's second so-called Municipal Empowerment Act would allow cities and towns to increase local taxes on meals, ...

Gov. Maura Healey is reevaluating her cost-cutting budget proposal to close a Canton public health hospital amid escalating ...

Despite reported agreements to postpone Trump's tariffs, politicians and business groups say the looming threat can cause ...

CABINET BATTLE — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is doubling down on her efforts to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. out of President Donald ...

Municipal leaders have used existing local option taxes to raise money for affordable housing and to dodge property tax ...

Confronting soaring health care costs compounded by widespread obstacles in accessing care, top insurance executives warned ...

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. When the 2024 legislative session ended on Jan. 1, thousands of ...

From big ears to sex scandals, the paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures on display in the Smithsonian’s singular exhibition “America’s Presidents” at the National Portrait Gallery—the only ...