A State House committee dealing with the Bay State’s election laws held a hearing on Tuesday, opening the floor for the public’s opinions on their proposed initiatives.

The dean of Massachusetts’s Capitol Hill delegation, joined by two dozen state, regional, and local leaders from across ...

A city councilor in Cambridge, Massachusetts will not run for re-election after being named as one of the alleged clients in ...

WHILE YOU WERE GRILLING — If you missed the news that Gov. Maura Healey signed the state’s annual budget this weekend, we ...

Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner, who is accused of paying for commercial sex multiple times at a local brothel, announced ...

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DOLLAR SIGNS — Gov. Maura Healey will report raising $565,000 in June, according to her campaign, her biggest single-month ...

Even so, that figure is roughly 3 million to 6 million people – which would be a significant increase over the estimated 5.5 million Americans currently living abroad. As with many migration flows, ...

A group of cats are campaigning for Bike Path Mayor in Somerville. One promises to “Make Cats Outside Again,” another is part ...

FRANKLIN — Franklin City Councilors accepted the resignation of Councilor Ted Starkweather, Ward 1, at their meeting Monday night. Starkweather, who left his resignation letter at Mayor Desiree McLaug ...

There are multiple protests, as well as a boycott, being planned for America’s birthday this year to protest President Donald ...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Elon Musk said he’s carrying out his threat to form a new political party after his fissure with President Donald Trump, announcing the America Party in response to the ...