Lawmakers will need to reconcile questions about the right balance for income surtax spending, in more way than one, when ...

It looks like it's back to the drawing board for Gov. Maura Healey in her bid to extract more revenue to support her spending ambitions. Senate President Karen Spilka seemingly spiked the governor's ...

• Estate Tax: Governor Healey increased the threshold from $1 million to $2 million with a credit that mitigates the cliff effect. This change brings Massachusetts more in line with other states, ...

Elected officials in Massachusetts, almost all Democrats, have not had it easy since President Donald Trump moved back to ...

On Monday the Healey-Driscoll administration announced $850,000 in Massachusetts Farming Reinforces Education and Student ...

These facilities are critical to the safety of children in our state. And if a state is not supporting the safety of its ...

Sheriffs want lawmakers to consider reining in unlimited free phone calls at county jails amid bulging costs and heightened demand on correctional officers to monitor those communications.

Trump declared universal tariffs of 10% on imports from all countries and much higher levies on about 60 countries on ...

Gov. Maura Healey and some members of the legislature want to end the practice of renter paid broker fees in Massachusetts.

Activists who have long pressed for state government to invest more in transportation view Gov. Maura Healey’s spending plan ...

On the eve of a legislative hearing on her surtax surplus plan, Gov. Maura Healey submitted another spending bill for the ...

The bill "targets investments that improve quality of life in Massachusetts," Gov. Maura Healey said in a statement.