This week at the State House in Boston, lawmakers worked on setting themselves up for success for the new 2-year session.

They pushed for bills that would improve air quality and increase climate education in public schools, among others.

The bill makes only "modest changes" to the cash-strapped system, while failing to address underlying problems, House ...

Black men and women, who serve at the highest levels of Massachusetts state government, gather at State House to discuss service, progress and what remains to be done.

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

The legislation is designed both fund the system, which has run out of money, and to also dramatically shrink the number of ...

Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has spent nearly $500 million on the state-run shelter system in fiscal year 2025, ...

"I think the thing that the Healey Administration is most worried about hasn't happened yet," an experienced State House ...

There isn’t much state budget writers can do to prepare for the potential suspension of federal revenue bolstering the Bay ...

In this 2022 file photo, protesters gathered at the Massachusetts State House in support of reproductive rights. State lawmakers expanded the rules around abortion at or after 24 weeks of pregnancy in ...