Maura Healey

Facing a deadline next week, state public health officials are working to finalize reports about statewide access...

House Democrats are moving this week to steer $250 million more into the emergency shelter system and...

Gov. Maura Healey thinks changes need to be made to the Mass Save program that conducts home energy assessments and offers rebates to help Bay State residents save money on energy bills.

Two of the state's top elected officials are encouraging colleges and universities in Massachusetts to find new approaches to advance diversity, break down barriers, and increase access for historically underrepresented groups in light of the Supreme Court's June ruling that restricted the use of race by college administrators in admissions decisions.

Framing her new legislation as "historic" and "urgent," Gov. Maura Healey detailed her wide-ranging housing bill on Wednesday morning and speculated that its passage could provide a jolt for the 2024 construction season.

Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday will unveil a five-year, $4.12 billion housing bond bill that's packed to the gills with funding and policy reforms aimed at spurring much-needed production of new units, upgrading the aging and neglected public housing stock, and converting state land into housing-ready plots.

House Speaker Ron Mariano has been advised that colder weather is not likely to stem the ongoing tide of asylum-seeking migrants into Massachusetts and says Gov. Maura Healey's request for $250 million to help manage the crisis might not be enough to last even until the end of October.

While the wait continues for a housing bond bill, the Healey administration's housing production vision is slowly coming into view, and it will feature more than 20 policy changes designed to drive up the state's lowest-in-the-nation vacancy rate, according to the state's housing secretary.

Diane Hunt's voice broke as she read the name of her deceased son during a memorial ceremony on the State House steps early Monday morning marking the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

Lawmakers who championed state support for a suicide prevention program for young people are lobbying their colleagues to restore funding that Gov. Maura Healey slashed from the fiscal 2024 budget.