The candy tax Healey is proposing is part of her $62 billion budget that she filed with the Legislature last week.

Do they tax the kid buying a Snickers at the corner store, or the executive flying a private jet to Nantucket?

Berkshire County state legislators are reacting to Governor Maura Healey’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2026.

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Even if oil is exempted from the tariffs the president plans to slap on Mexico and Canada, experts predict a rise in ...

And on Friday, Markey led a resolution in the Senate opposing Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate ...

President Donald Trump has set off a back and forth with some of the country’s biggest trading partners. And it all has to do ...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined a group of Democratic governors for a private conversation with the U.S. Senate Minority ...

The governor's second so-called Municipal Empowerment Act would allow cities and towns to increase local taxes on meals, ...

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 ...

The Municipal Empowerment Act was initially filed last year, but failed to pass on Beacon Hill. The post Healey refiles bill ...