Government & Politics

The Worcester City Council voted unanimously to decertify the 15-year property tax break extended to the Unum Group due to its failure to maintain the required levels of employment related to the office tower at 1 Mercantile St. in Worcester.

Lawmakers have given no indication they are any closer to compromise on the tax relief they promised more than a year ago, and they continue to be buffeted by competing affordability crosswinds.

The Worcester City Council may soon move to decertify a portion of the $1.4-million property tax break given to The Unum Group.

Diane Hunt's voice broke as she read the name of her deceased son during a memorial ceremony on the State House steps early Monday morning marking the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

Massachusetts could secure up to $17 billion in federal infrastructure spending through three federal laws set to deploy a total $751 billion across the country, but only if it puts more of its own money on the line, according to a new report.

As executive director of the Cannabis Control Commission, Shawn Collins is in the driver's seat of a...

Moments after his pitch to revive rent control in November 2024 cleared a key procedural hurdle, Rep. Mike Connolly told an elevator crammed with reporters Wednesday that he was "incredibly grateful" to Attorney General Andrea Campbell for certifying the potential ballot question he had filed alongside local officials, tenant advocates and renters.

State tax collectors raked in $2.429 billion in August, a 6.6 percent drop from last August that leaves the state short of both its monthly and year-to-date expectations.

Ascend Elements raised more than $1 billion in the past year to build a new factory.

It's now eight months into Gov. Maura Healey's administration and the wait continues for major proposals from the Corner Office to address perhaps the governor's signature issue: housing affordability and production.