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

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

Municipal leaders have used existing local option taxes to raise money for affordable housing and to dodge property tax ...

The organization responsible for New England’s electrical grid says it’s too soon to say how much tariffs may increase prices ...

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 ...

Economists and officials warn Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China may lead to higher energy costs in New England and ...

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

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

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

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's plans to pause federal grant funding and aid. Massachusetts Gov.

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

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