The results of this week's recount will settle who wins the district – a longtime incumbent and the third-most powerful ...
Healey can cast the utility companies as a critical partner when it’s advantageous for her to do so — or turn them into a political punching bag and convenient foil when it benefits her.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, Governor Healey's Anti-Hunger Task Force released its final report. I read it closely. Much of it is right, fortunately, since 40 ...
EARLIER THIS YEAR, Governor Healey’s Anti-Hunger Task Force released its final report. I read it closely. Much of it is right, fortunately, since 40 percent of households in Massachusetts are […] ...
The guardrails, which include expectations for securing tax breaks, stipulate that new data centers should directly procure ...
EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS are always memorable on Beacon Hill, with a flurry of activity to get bills over the legislative finish line. As I write this, conference committees are working to deliver major ...
This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporter Hallie Claflin talks with Alecia McGregor, assistant professor of ...
A new coalition filed paperwork seeking to suspend and ultimately repeal the measure in the 2028 election cycle.
It is easy to see how that storyline can spark the ire of voters and the scorn of opinion writers. But it is a fundamentally flawed reading of legislative productivity for reasons that are virtually ...
Elections have come down to just a few votes in the high-profile showdown between 19-year legislator Sen. William Brownsberger and challenger Daniel Lander.