However, the sector faces another kind of risk, with a new administration in charge in Washington.

The new spending plan is “balanced, it’s fiscally responsible, and we believe it is a blueprint for meeting the needs of ...

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $62 billion fiscal year 2026 budget proposal Wednesday that attempts to conform to slower revenue ...

Healey’s travel in 2024 included a stretch in which she visited or was traveling to other states on 28 of the 80 days from ...

Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives’ budget chief told the Healey administration Wednesday that the branch needs more ...

A top House Democrat demanded Gov. Maura Healey’s administration cough up more information about the state-run emergency shelter system before the chamber moves forward with a series of ...

Gov. Maura Healey slipped a series of tax increases into her fiscal year 2026 budget like applying the sales tax to candy, slapping the tobacco tax on synthetic nicotine produces, imposing an ...

The $62 billion plan leans on revenue from the millionaire's tax, but also seeks money from speed cameras and candy.

Gov. Maura Healey said there is no reason to be concerned about it because Massachusetts is not a so-called "sanctuary state.

Including use of a larger surtax pool and hundreds of millions of dollars for the Medical Assistance Trust Fund, the bill ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – We are hearing from locals after governor Maura Healey announced a proposal to tax candy. When you buy soda, pre-packaged meals, or cigarettes, you pay a small tax to the ...