Gov. Maura Healey, the first woman and openly gay candidate elected to the corner office in Massachusetts, plans to run for ...

Maura Healey, the first woman and openly gay candidate ... The legislation lowered the short-term capital gains tax from 12% to 8.5%, a business-backed move that riled progressives, and boosted ...

Top Senate Democrats are on board with many of the changes to the overburdened family shelter system that the House included ...

The figure crystallizes the severity of the state’s housing problem and puts a number to a shortage that is warping the lives ...

Regional increases needed in year-round housing stock outlined in the state's first comprehensive housing plan.

The state needs to add at least 222,000 homes in the next decade to rein in housing costs, the Healey administration said.

Donald Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency wasn't shocking. What was, though, was that his order singled out ...

A growing number of district leaders and education advocates are calling on Beacon Hill to overhaul school funding, which ...

Better luck next time? That must be the mantra behind the governor’s reintroduction of a local option tax bill that went nowhere in the prior legislative session. Gov. Maura Healey’s reprise of ...

The $425 million supplemental budget would strike a current provision that allows families to stay in shelters as officials determine whether they’re actually eligible applicants. It calls for cutting ...

In the Berkshires, the housing crisis isn't primarily driven by low production, but rather by the mismatch between housing costs and local incomes and the loss of year-round homes to ...