Prior to the announcement, Massachusetts was one of just three states, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, without a poet ...

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

Staffers at Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children are calling on Maura Healey to visit their Canton facility after the governor vowed to reconsider her closure plan in the face of fierce ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and five Democratic governors pressed Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer during a ...

It appears Gov. Maura Healey isn’t thrilled with our commonwealth’s present state. From revamping the shelter system, to ...

Gov. Maura Healey on Friday filed a refreshed version of her local option tax bill that got a cool reception in the Legislature last session, again proposing a mix of local-level revenue ...

Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday called news of an airplane crash in Washington, D.C. that killed six people with ties to a Massachusetts figure skating club “devastating.” ...

Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) heavily criticized statements made by the Right Rev. Mariann Budde on Tuesday at the inaugural ...

Gov. Maura Healey said her legislation to tax candy sales was just "an idea" as she talked about the Bay State's revenue crunch Tuesday and jokingly apologized for the contemplated price hike on ...

Gov. Maura Healey filed legislation Friday that would allow cities and towns to hike taxes on hotel stays and meals, an ...

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey proposed increasing state spending to more than $62 billion next fiscal year, filing a budget Wednesday that relies on burgeoning income tax collections from the state's ...