The budget seeks to change state law to exclude candy from the category of "essential" foods like fruit, meats and vegetables that are exempt from the 6.25% sales tax. Removing ca ...

Gov. Maura Healey proposed increasing state spending to more than $62 billion next fiscal year, filing a budget Wednesday ...

Gov. Maura Healey slipped a series of tax increases into her fiscal year 2026 budget like applying the sales tax to candy, ...

Sweet treats could soon cost more in Massachusetts. When Gov. Maura Healey announced her $62 billion budget proposal earlier this month, she floated the idea of removing the sales tax exemption on ...

Maura Healey rolled out a $62 billion budget proposal ... What this is doing is to say when you go to the grocery store, instead of having candy treated like a purchase of bread and eggs and ...

Maura Healey administration refiled the Municipal ... Katelyn Umholtz covers food and restaurants for Boston.com. Katelyn is also the author of The Dish, a weekly food newsletter.