Government & Politics

Overall Massachusetts gained 19,600 jobs in January and 117,200 jobs year-over-year, according to a Friday press release from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Management.

The City of Framingham bought a four-story office building next to Framingham City Hall for $2 million on Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands people are expected to be booted off the state-run health insurance program over the next year as federal continuous coverage requirements for Medicaid in place since March 2020 expire and the state goes through the required redetermination process for the first time since the pandemic began.

Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging, Inc. will tackle the project of creating a new resource center in Worcester for its populations. The Grandparents Raising Grandkids Resource Center will seek to connect grandparent-led households to essential services, including housing, transportation, and translation.

Legislative budget writers zeroed in on the responsibility they will have to simultaneously establish a process for handling new revenue from the state's income surtax and manage the steady phase-out of federal aid that helped prop up numerous programs for the last few years.

Nearly three decades after Massachusetts voters banned the policy, a majority of likely voters here would support a ballot question once again allowing cities and towns to implement rent control, a new poll found.

Hiring remains a challenge at companies still focused on growth and recruitment, in part due to the high cost of living in Massachusetts.

To meet the state's climate goals and cut down on energy costs for residents, Massachusetts needs to invest in zero-carbon renovations in existing buildings around the state, according to a coalition of over 150 organizations.

Gov. Maura Healey wants to separate housing and economic development in the state's bureaucracy, mostly to give housing production the enhanced focus she says it desperately needs.

As construction for a new public-safety building nears completion in Ashland, the Town is seeking proposals to fill its soon-to-be-vacant fire station at 151 Main St. with what it hopes will become a draw for residents and visitors.