Government & Politics

The Massachusetts Competitive Partnership surveyed 25 incubators and accelerators across the state about the role played by so-called entrepreneurial support organizations, or ESOs, calling them "a cornerstone of the Commonwealth's innovation economy."

The study found the 14,000-seat arena and attached convention center has generated an average of $27.6 million in annual direct spending and $18.6 million in annual indirect and induced spending.

The letter says the proposed expansion "stands to pose irreparable harm to one of the most historically and ecologically significant areas in our country."

The state will have to take "more muscular action" to facilitate construction of hundreds of thousands of new housing units in the next decade to meet demand, according to Congressman Jake Auchincloss.

A Worcester-based non-emergency medical transportation company and its owner have been indicted for alleged patient abuse and participating in a MassHealth fraud scheme.

District attorneys are scrambling to adjust to updated criminal rules for turning over information, with the heightened workload adding more pressure to an already-strained workforce, Worcester County DA Joseph Early Jr. told lawmakers.

The AGO alleges between August and November, Henaku stole the bank cards of at least 16 elderly victims.

Gov. Maura Healey moved Friday to extend COVID-era remote and hybrid meeting allowances for public bodies until mid-2027, avoiding their potential expiration next week.

The statewide unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose slightly in February, above the national rate and where the Massachusetts rate was a year ago.

Giving President Donald Trump company in his opposition to offshore wind power projects, the Town of Nantucket filed an appeal in federal court Thursday, alleging that the SouthCoast Wind project was improperly permitted and will harm the island's heritage tourism economy.