Government & Politics

Gov. Maura Healey said the tax breaks that U.S. House Republicans envision in the budget blueprint approved Tuesday night could "devastate" a slew of government programs, and that nearly 2 million Bay Staters are at risk of losing health care coverage under GOP plans for Medicaid.

The two and a half hours of debate in the House Chamber on Tuesday also provided an opportunity for Republican representatives to push, unsuccessfully, for a greater say over how the House responds to Auditor Diana DiZoglio's push to audit the Legislature using the powers newly granted to her by voters in November.

The governor's remarks add, "The only one benefiting here is China – which, we hear, is already recruiting our faculty members who are losing funds."

As Mount Wachusett Community College is experiencing record-high enrollment numbers, the Gardner school has received nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Education to address basic needs within its student population.

The Massachusetts Board of Education could advance draft regulations Tuesday in response to a voter-approved law that removed the requirement that students to pass the MCAS exam to graduate.

After a lifetime of cooking flavorful, traditional Salvadoran food for their family and friends, Ana and Sal Garcia are pursuing their dream of a full-fledged restaurant, Mami’s Kitchen.

Redemption Rock Brewing opened in an industrial area off Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street in January 2019, later becoming the first certified B Corp. craft brewery in the state in the process.

Central Massachusetts community leaders, business owners, and patients are sounding alarm bells over the calamitous effects of the Trump Administration's proposed NIH and Medicaid funding.

Bay Staters struggling to afford hefty energy bills this winter could soon see modest relief.

Some of the same advocates who have long pushed for changes are already vocal about their concerns with the proposal, arguing that it would fall short of fulfilling Gov. Maura Healey's "promise of fairer admissions."