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.

Gov. Maura Healey approved a $60.9 billion annual budget and rolled out a proposal to empower her administration with greater ...

Between her spending cuts and changes that legislative negotiators made to cushion against financial strain, the final budget ...

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

Gov. Maura Healey signed the new fiscal year's $61 billion operating plan on Friday, marking the earliest the state has ...

The Legislature this week agreed to use nearly $500 million in surtax revenue to deliver a major boost to K-12 school funding ...

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced this past week the league will expand to 18 teams with the additions/returns of ...

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

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