BOSTON — Unions, advocates for low-income workers and other groups urged state lawmakers on Thursday to permanently “opt out” of several new federal laws enacted as part of…
Read more Lawmakers urged to ‘opt out’ of federal mandatesBOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey called on lawmakers to use fiscal restraint as they consider her nearly $64 billion budget proposal amid concerns about dwindling federal support. During…
Read more Healey urges lawmakers to approve budgetBOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is seeking to blunt the impact to state coffers from changes to the federal tax code under President Donald Trump’s new tax…
Read more Healey seeks to delay federal tax cutsSALEM — The City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to borrow up to $447 million to pay for the construction of a new high school. The Massachusetts School…
Read more City Council approves $447.4 million bond order to pay for construction of new high schoolBOSTON — The Healey administration is pumping an additional $250 million into the state-subsidized health care system to help offset the impact of now expired federal tax credits,…
Read more Healey taps $250M to offset rising health insurance premiumsBEVERLY — The city is facing a nearly $4 million shortfall in funding the fiscal 2027 operating budget. That number — $3,921,385, to be exact — was in…
Read more Beverly faces nearly $4 million budget shortfall this springBOSTON — The Healey administration is doling out $7 million to community theaters under a new tax credit program to help the businesses offset their operating costs, attract…
Read more State provides tax credits to theater programsBOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is renewing calls for Congress to extend Obamacare tax credits, warning that health care premiums for tens of thousands of Bay Staters…
Read more Healey urges Congress to extend Obamacare creditsBOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey signed a $2.3 billion supplemental budget Tuesday that plugs revenue gaps from the previous fiscal year and buoys the state’s Medicaid program with…
Read more Healey signs $2.3B closeout budgetBOSTON — Massachusetts cities and towns are facing a “historic fiscal crisis” amid rising operating costs, lackluster state aid and restraints on property tax increases, according to a…
Read more Report: Mass. cities, towns face ‘historic’ fiscal crisisAMESBURY – Mayor Kassandra Gove on Tuesday announced she will be asking the City Council to consider approving a Proposition 2 ½ budget override question as part of…
Read more Amesbury mayor proposes Prop. 2 1/2 overrideBOSTON — Massachusetts taxpayers will receive a big break next year under President Donald Trump’s recently enacted spending package, according to a new report. The Tax Foundation, a…
Read more Report: Mass. taxpayers to get big tax cut in 2026BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has created a task force aimed at helping the state fill an expected gap in federal funding for food insecurity programs. President Donald…
Read more Panel to study impact of SNAP cutsESSEX — The town of Essex will auction off this month four Southern Avenue properties formerly owned by the estate of William Allen. The auction is scheduled for…
Read more Former Allen properties to be auctionedBOSTON — Investigators uncovered more than $2.3 million in welfare fraud in the most recent quarter, according to state Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office. The office’s Bureau of Special…
Read more State uncovers $2.3M in welfare, food stamp fraudIt’s official: Massachusetts’ taxpayers won’t be getting a break this year from a decades-old tax rebate law, the state’s fiscal watchdog says. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said a…
Read more Auditor: No tax rebates issued this yearBOSTON — Backers of the state’s “millionaires tax” are accusing the Healey administration of defying the will of voters by tapping into proceeds from the tax to close…
Read more Teachers union blasts use of ‘millionaires tax’ moneySALEM — The former owner of Red’s Sandwich Shop in Salem has pleaded guilty to tax fraud after failing to pay more than $1.5 million in state meals…
Read more Former owner of popular sandwich shop pleads guilty to tax fraudBOSTON — As Steward Health Care prepares to make the case in federal court Wednesday that the deals it reached to sell four Massachusetts hospital facilities should be…
Read more Objections filed as Steward pushes for sale of hospitalsGambling activities generated more than $140 million in revenue for casinos and sportsbooks in Massachusetts last month, with $36.5 million of that haul due to the state as…
Read more Mass. wagered $412M on sports in July
