WEEK AHEAD

While President Trump called for schools to be better secured, and expressed a need to address mental health issues, many in Massachusetts are calling for…

There's now some budgetary “certainty” at the federal level, and that could make the budget process a little easier at the state level.Congress agreed to…

Over the weekend, The Boston Globe reported that when he was Massachusetts Senate president, Amherst Democrat Stan Rosenberg gave his husband Bryon Hefner…

The Massachusetts Senate has accepted the resignation letter of Senator Linda Forry, who accepted a job in the private sector. Just weeks before, Forry…

While President Trump's federal tax changes have been associated with some companies paying out big bonuses, much of its impact on residents, communities…

By the end of this week, the federal government will either shut down, or another spending extension in order to keep government running. To find out…

Tax collections in December left Massachusetts flush with an unbudgeted windfall of cash, and have exceeded estimates by $728 million. The state is…

As we near the end of 2017, we check in with Matt Murphy of State House News Service for an update on the major issues of the year for the Massachusetts…

It's been quite a few weeks for the Massachusetts Senate. Last Friday, former state Senator Brian Joyce pleaded not guilty to charges that he used his…

Massachusetts lawmakers have their work cut out for them as they try to negotiate a final criminal justice bill.Many months of writing and debate wrapped…