A political battle is taking shape between a powerful union and local business groups over proposed ballot questions to lower the state income tax and trigger more tax refunds. Executives behind the ...

An initiative that could upend the legal marijuana market in Massachusetts may have started as a long shot, but it has the industry’s attention. The measure would repeal the state law that legalized ...

Massachusetts started 2025 scrambling for a replacement to the voter-overturned MCAS graduation standard, and after months of looking for new standards, a first look at a replacement began to take ...

It should be unsurprising that national groups with health concerns are interested in helping Massachusetts craft better, safer marijuana laws.” By Chris Lisinski, CommonWealth Beacon When it comes to ...

The Democratic primary for the 1st Middlesex District special election is coming up quickly, and state Reps. Rodney Elliott and Vanna Howard both participated in a candidate forum with ...

In her third State of the Commonwealth address, Gov. Maura Healey pushed back on federal policies from President Donald Trump and touted her administration’s goals in a speech that largely hinged on ...

A challenge to a ballot question seeking to repeal adult-use recreational marijuana legalization has been dismissed by the State Ballot Law Commission.

A major tax cut ballot question filed with the state's highest court is facing a lawsuit that has the potential to disqualify ...

A group of union members in Massachusetts and a director of a local nonprofit filed a lawsuit Thursday with the state’s highest court to block a potential ballot question to lower the income tax from ...

The state constitution requires the attorney general to prepare a “fair, concise summary” of the measure proposed. The tax ...

This week at the State House in Boston, lawmakers held a series of closed-door conversations about pending ICE-related ...

The vast majority of money that ballot question groups spent — $7.6 million — went toward a single purpose: paying firms and other entities to help collect tens of thousands of signatures.