The total number of job losses in the last two months – about 11,100 – almost matches the jobs gained since September.

Organized labor has been out in force on ballot measures — recently literally trying to secure bargaining power through the ballot — and that means manpower, mobilization, and money funneling toward a ...

IF THERE’S ONE THING advocates, officials, residents, and experts can all agree on, it’s that Massachusetts’s Gateway Cities need more housing. A lot of it. What kind of housing needs to be built?

Then-Massachusetts Teachers Association president Max Page speaks at a 2024 rally in support of the union-backed ballot question ending the use of MCAS exam results as a high school graduation ...

The problem is not that the public lacks crucial information about its government; it’s that its government lacks crucial information about the public -- and has little motivation to care about that.

The insurance challenge for coastal states like Massachusetts has been a vexing one. Inflation and tariffs are scrambling ...

As most cities and towns got into compliance with the housing law — eagerly or dragging their feet along the way — some holdouts were hoping that the state’s high court would rule that they did not ...

Gov. Maura Healey is all-in on artificial intelligence, but she's also trying to get a handle on soaring energy costs and a growing backlash to the very structures supporting the AI boom — data ...

The administration is working across state agencies and with workforce partners to remove obstacles that prevent people from ...

THE PROSPECTS FOR meaningful reforms addressing health care affordability in the state feel bit a bit like the chances the Red Sox have in the postseason: The local nine are a near-lock to make the ...

NEW PARTY REGISTRATION figures released by the secretary of state’s office once again show Massachusetts party membership withering. The newly released data show about 62,000 fewer party members ...