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Government & Politics
Proposed $40M horse-racing facility in Leominster faces pushback from residents
April 4, 2025A proposal to build a horse racing track and sports gambling bar at the site of a former Leominster landfill is receiving pushback from local residents.
April 4, 2025
Proposed legislation would let state impose regional water restrictions
April 4, 2025The bill (H 1003 / S 586) would give the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs the authority to restrict outdoor watering
April 4, 2025
Western Mass. lawmakers say transportation spending too skewed toward MBTA
April 4, 2025A bipartisan pair of western Massachusetts lawmakers voiced frustration Thursday that Gov. Maura Healey's proposed transportation spending skews heavily toward the MBTA.
April 4, 2025
Report: Mass. incubators create thousands of jobs yet still face funding challenges
April 3, 2025The 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
April 3, 2025
Study: DCU Center creates $46.2M in annual economic impact
April 2, 2025The 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.
April 2, 2025-
Activists urge Healey to quash Hanscom airfield expansion
April 2, 2025The letter says the proposed expansion "stands to pose irreparable harm to one of the most historically and ecologically significant areas in our country."
April 2, 2025
State's housing crisis demands more forceful response, Congressman says
April 2, 2025The 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.
April 2, 2025
Worcester transportation firm and owner indicted for alleged $3M MassHealth scheme and abusing patients
April 2, 2025A Worcester-based non-emergency medical transportation company and its owner have been indicted for alleged patient abuse and participating in a MassHealth fraud scheme.
April 2, 2025-
Worcester DA sounds alarm over new criminal discovery rules
April 1, 2025District 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.
April 1, 2025 
Leominster woman charged for posing as healthcare worker, stealing $28K
March 31, 2025The AGO alleges between August and November, Henaku stole the bank cards of at least 16 elderly victims.
March 31, 2025
Healey extends remote meeting flexibility for public bodies
March 31, 2025Gov. 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.
March 31, 2025
Mass. unemployment ticked up slightly in February
March 28, 2025The statewide unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose slightly in February, above the national rate and where the Massachusetts rate was a year ago.
March 28, 2025
Nantucket appeals federal approval of SouthCoast offshore power project
March 28, 2025Giving 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
March 28, 2025
Plumbers say droughts should spark interest in gray water bill
March 28, 2025After a statewide drought last year that fueled wildfires and severely decreased water levels in rivers and streams, plumbers were on Beacon Hill Thursday lobbying for a long overlooked bill to promote gray water recycling and ease pressure on
March 28, 2025
Wholesale power prices in region rose 300% in February
March 28, 2025Ratepayers know too well that February was a rough month for retail utility bills in New England, marked by soaring costs that threw household and business budgets out of whack.
March 28, 2025
Fed $$$ has continued to come in, T chief says
March 28, 2025The MBTA has not had any federal grants rejected or revoked amid a major belt-tightening campaign by the Trump Administration.
March 28, 2025
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