Government & Politics

The region has lacked rail service for the past 65 years, and the new line joins a string of others into Boston.

The world’s largest collection of pre-20th century, American ephemera sits prominently on Salisbury Street in Worcester.

Rediscover Mapledale is working to engage the community to celebrate Hawkins’ patrimony.

In Central Massachusetts, a group of top business executives are taking a public stance, sticking with DEI while at the risk of losing federal revenue.

For communities that have welcomed recreational sales, this newly created industry and the sales associated with it have been a boon for their municipal budgets.

The costs of getting to or from Logan International Airport by car, including via Uber and Lyft, will get more expensive this summer under a package of fee increases approved by the Massachusetts Port Authority that are intended to raise $1.1 billion over five years.

Boozang said Manatt's estimate is that states would have to increase their own spending by 20% to maintain the current program level spending if deep federal cuts are enacted.

The five other Central Massachusetts properties included on DOGE’s list of terminations remain on the website as of Wednesday.

Single-family home prices and the total number of sales in Central Massachusetts continued to climb in February, a persistent trend expected to continue into March.

In recent years, negotiators offered opening remarks about their work's importance, then voted to move their deliberations behind closed doors.