Government & Politics

Bay Staters might have the chance next year to vote on a proposed law to limit rent increases.

Job and labor force surveys are starting to pick up on the early impacts of President Donald Trump's trade and tariff policies and other federal government shifts to Massachusetts, economists at MassBenchmarks said as they predicted a slowdown in growth.

The Gardner school has received more than $5 million to support the academic success of low-income students, first-generation students, and students with disabilities.

The Legislature treated the last day of July as it so often does: with a blitz of action to advance or wrap up multiple bills before lawmakers give themselves an extended break.

Gov. Maura Healey wants to infuse the state's research and jobs sector with hundreds of millions of dollars as Massachusetts grapples with a tight fiscal climate and federal fluctuations in research and education support.

Equipment maintained and repaired at the site includes M1 Abrams tanks and Stryker armored fighting vehicles. 

Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Kiame Mahaniah took the helm of the largest department in state...

On Thursday, Global representatives filed a complaint with the State Ethics Commission alleging that Bosworth discussed potential employment with Applegreen's majority owner, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, while Applegreen worked on its bid. Applegreen and Blackstone slammed the complaint as false.

Rent control legislation was sent to study last session, part of a longstanding trend in which top Democrats have eschewed such measures, including a Boston home rule petition. A 1994 ballot referendum banned rent control in Massachusetts.

The country has lost about 1,646 bank branches every year since 2018, according to credit-building platform Self Financial.