Gov. Maura Healey said her budget office is ready to slash millions in legislative earmarks for local projects, and will seek the extraordinary power to cut spending across all state government.

Governor Healey signs a $60.9 billion budget for Massachusetts, underscoring fiscal responsibility and service protection.

With the state facing a hazy fiscal future, Healey also asked lawmakers to give her the expanded power to cut across state ...

The state's fiscal 2026 budget calls for a commission to investigate crumbling home foundations owing to pyrrhotite and ...

The Legislature this week agreed to use nearly $500 million in surtax revenue to deliver a major boost to K-12 school funding, a move that some see as fulfilling the voter-approved mission of the ...

People came from near and far to watch the 51st Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on Friday night. Fireworks lit up the sky ...

After the U.S. House vote to pass sprawling legislation that extends tax breaks and cuts social services spending in a nod to President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda, reaction poured ...

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One influential small business industry group remains unhappy with a new mandatory retirement program the Legislature included in the state budget it passed Monday, slamming it as an ...

President Donald Trump signed his package of tax breaks and spending cuts into law Friday after his cajoling produced almost ...

Households in Maryland struggling with rising utility costs will receive increased energy assistance benefits this year, Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced Thursday.

The United Nations atomic watchdog said its remaining inspectors in Iran have left the country, deepening the blackout over Tehran’s nuclear program just weeks after it was targeted by massive ...