Government & Politics

The White Room has made a post-COVID comeback over the past year and is a nexus of cultural and social life in Worcester.

Activists want Healey and the Legislature to double public housing authority subsidies to $184 million next year, one of several requests they rolled out as the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization kicked off a new housing justice campaign aiming to blunt the sharp edges of a statewide housing crisis and prevent people from being pushed out of their communities or into homelessness.

The Healey administration on Wednesday rolled out its refreshed roster for the Department of Public Utilities and charged the new trio with creating a "21st Century DPU."

Municipalities that don't comply with the state law requiring that denser, multi-family housing be allowed near transit stations could be slapped with lawsuits in addition to losing access to key sources of state funding, Attorney General Andrea Campbell warned Wednesday.

Regulators and industry groups are hopeful lawmakers will prioritize action to slow down sharply rising costs for health care services, medications and other major needs after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated long-standing pressure points and ripped open new affordability issues.

Utility company National Grid plc announced on Thursday it is reducing electric bills for its customers who received its basic service starting on May 1. 

The Gov. Maura Healey Administration said Wednesday the state’s public health emergency over the coronavirus pandemic will end on May 11, the same day as the federal COVID-19 emergency will expire.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the shock waves that has sent through the Massachusetts tech sector is putting Gov. Maura Healey's new administration's connections to federal policymakers and the business community to the test.

New polling suggests statewide support for another minimum wage hike and as lawmakers weigh a push to raise the wage floor.

A program to cover community college certificates and degrees for residents over 25 with state dollars was one of Gov. Maura Healey's early promises, but lawmakers on Monday questioned whether the $20 million allocated in her budget proposal is enough to fulfill her commitment.