A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House and later the Senate.

Gov. Maura Healey said her legislation to tax candy sales was just "an idea" as she talked about the Bay State's revenue ...

The candy tax Healey is proposing is part of her $62 billion budget that she filed with the Legislature last week.

South Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of people with roots in Colombia, according to federal government data, underscoring the longstanding and deep ties between the region and the ...

Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr discusses Healey's new budget proposal, state spending and the state ...

The Massachusetts House of Representatives’ budget chief told the Healey administration Wednesday that the branch needs more ...

City of Boston officials joined Federal and State leaders to announce new funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for key coastal resilience projects including one in East Boston.

President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, but his influence already is rippling through state capitols.

Trump is poised to employ his mastery of spectacle to expand the oppressive forms of state violence at work in the US.

Drawing from Massachusetts history while also peeking into the future, Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday night took stock of the state's strengths and challenges in a speech that focused more on ...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey pledged to work with the state’s legislature to reform an overloaded emergency shelter system that’s costing about $1 billion a year. The massive influx of ...

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM — Gov. Maura Healey never mentioned President-elect Donald Trump by name in her State of the Commonwealth speech last night. But his victory — and Democrats ...