Government & Politics

The top energy official in President Joe Biden's Cabinet plans to visit Massachusetts on Friday to celebrate the opening of a new commercial fusion energy research center.

Around 50 schoolkids descended on the State House Tuesday to lobby for their climate agenda, but before they started knocking on lawmakers' doors, one 16-year-old student told the crowd that their activism was hampered by the secret nature of the Legislature's committee votes.

Home care service providers are supporting legislation to create more transparency in the rate-setting process for their workers, citing an increased need for services for the state's aging population.

Key power players have set their sights on making Massachusetts the first state in the country to move to $20 per hour.

Package Steel Systems, Inc. in Sutton has been fined $7,360 by The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection...

Matthew Nelson responded to nearly 100 state lawmakers who had written him with concerns about winter energy bill increases to tell them that the gas bill reductions publicized by the Healey administration Thursday were coming -- and to explain that the same can't be done for electricity bills.

In the wake of the high-profile resignation of the City of Worcester’s chief diversity officer last year, the city government is looking to give more power to its Executive Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

YWCA Central Mass. made it its mission to eliminate racism and empower women. It can now count not only State Sen. Robyn Kennedy but members of the Worcester's school committee and city council as former board members.

When they get their bills in March, most gas customers in Massachusetts are going see a decrease of 4 or 5 percent after the Department of Public Utilities this week approved a mid-season reduction in gas supply charges as natural gas prices drop.

The share of Massachusetts students who take out loans to pay for public higher education has exploded in the past two decades while the combined pressure of inflation and a lack of investment have hamstrung the impact of state-funded financial aid, according to a new report.