The measure now goes back to the State House, where the Senate killed a similar measure last year, leading to a large tax increase for homeowners.

A new coalition of superintendents, teacher unions, and school committees are drawing attention to a number of budget busters ...

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State lawmakers have filed psychedelics-related bills, many aimed at exploring access to and potential uses for substances ...

House Democrats quietly hired a politically connected Boston law firm helmed by a former deputy state attorney general, ...

After four hours of tense debate and a series of failed amendments, the Boston City Council overwhelmingly approved a mayoral ...

“It’s really lovely in the fall. All of the trees change ... do this on Capitol Hill,” she said. Seattle’s Beacon Hill, named after a Boston hill where Gen. George Washington’s Colonial ...

The home rule petition uses the same language that's included in Mayor Michelle Wu's revived property tax proposal for bringing more tax relief to seniors.

BOSTON — Lawmakers are poised to dive into a right-to-shelter ... Royall Switzler kicked off the debate that fall by contending that it created an "open-ended welfare enhancement program" offering aid ...

The City Council is expected to vote this week on a mayoral home rule petition that seeks to alter property tax rates set by the city in a way that would tax businesses at a higher rate to provide ...

Progressives are demanding Beacon Hill lawmakers ... but don’t fall for it,” said Liz Alfred, senior attorney for the Greater Boston Legal Services. “Immigrants are not responsible for ...

WE WILL ‘ALWAYS’ RESIST — Senate President Karen Spilka wasn’t going to let President Donald Trump’s return to the White ...