Pacheco claimed a 14-vote win with 2,493 votes to Medeiros' 2,479 after the recount, according to results from the secretary ...
ONE COASTAL COMMUNITY in Massachusetts is preparing to spend the next nine months diving into the wonky insurance issues plaguing a critical 500-property zone that’s vulnerable to sea level rise. The ...
MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS are on track to decide the most statewide ballot questions in a single cycle in 32 years. That will create a series of follow-up decisions for Beacon Hill. Nine measures are in ...
Why Massachusetts parties are allowing the slow-moving self-destruction to continue is anyone’s guess. One might imagine both ...
Gov. Maura Healey listens to questions at a legislative hearing about her fiscal year 2027 budget proposal on February 11, 2026. Chris Lisinski/CommonWealth Beacon MOST MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS continue ...
Lawmakers this year could move forward with changes to how initiative petitions get on the ballot. Now, other voices are also starting to weigh in, amid a particularly active election cycle for ...
William Brownsberger at signing of the PROTECT Act alongside Governor Maura Healey on August 5, 2026. (Joshua Qualls/Governor's Press Office) SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE William Brownsberger of ...
The unfolding legal drama marks a major pivot point for a project intended to provide 20 percent of Massachusetts’s ...
Are people safe, and do they feel safe, walking through downtown’s streets, stations, and parks? Judge our progress by that ...
Healey can cast the utility companies as a critical partner when it’s advantageous for her to do so — or turn them into a political punching bag and convenient foil when it benefits her.
STATE LEADERS ARE advancing a new graduation framework that raises expectations for what it takes to earn a diploma, with stronger coursework aligned to college- and career-readiness. That’s exactly ...