With education facing impending cuts at the federal level, the new $61 billion state budget continues free school lunches, ...

Bills now before the Massachusetts Legislature look to level the playing field for the state's rural school districts, which ...

A State House committee dealing with the Bay State’s election laws held a hearing on Tuesday, opening the floor for the ...

Lobbyists working the hallways of the State House aren't usually so cute, but Marlena, a 7-year-old pit bull terrier mix, was the star of advocates' efforts this week to push for protections for ...

State House and Senate leaders said Friday that they have reached an agreement on a spending plan for the fiscal year that begins Tuesday, a budget that will touch every part of state government from ...

Protesters gathered outside the Massachusetts State House on Thursday, one day before dozens of families will be required to exit one of the state's temporary shelter sites.

BOSTON - A few dozen advocates who work with homeless people and migrant families in Massachusetts gathered on the State House steps Thursday to protest Gov. Maura Healey's proposed plans for the ...

The Legislature plans to approve a final fiscal year 2026 state budget on Monday, the day before the new spending cycle starts.

The Massachusetts State House. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Most Massachusetts voters do not have much of a choice to make for state representative and state senator in this election, but there's still a ...

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

BOSTON - The Massachusetts State House may not be the first place you would think of to see theater, but that's what makes a new play so special. Performances of "A Light Under the Dome" are now ...

BOSTON ― By the time the mist had burned off the Massachusetts State House and the gold dome gleamed in the early Thursday sunshine, legislators had managed to pass three additional major pieces ...