Healey Pulls Red Tape Off Regulatory Codes
Massachusetts banks are just some of the firms benefiting from the Healey administration’s new cuts to business regulations announced Wednesday.
Eviction-Sealing Petitions Pour in Under 2024 Law
More than 400 Bay Staters have filed petitions for their eviction records to be sealed since a new law took effect earlier this month, Sen. Lydia Edwards said Wednesday.
Signals, Big Bus Lanes Headline T’s 5-Year Investment Plan
MBTA overseers on Tuesday unanimously approved the latest five-year plan to invest in systemwide improvements, embracing a $9.8 billion roadmap that one watchdog group called a “nuts and bolts” approach.
Rising Seas Whip Up Talk of Property Buyouts on Mass. Coasts
The Healey administration is proposing a strategy that also eyes building code changes to protect the Massachusetts coastline from rising seas and intensifying storms.
New Job Seekers Nudge Mass. Unemployment Rate Up
The statewide unemployment rate climbed again in April to 4.6 percent, slightly widening the gap with the national joblessness rate, labor officials said Friday.
Liability Woes Leave Snow Contractors on Slippery Ground
Landscape contractors are calling on state lawmakers to address slip-and-fall liability issues that snow and ice removal service providers face across Massachusetts.
Outside MBTA Zone, Transit Services Seen as ‘Lifelines’
Beacon Hill is immersed in debate over how many more millions of dollars to devote to the MBTA, but transit services outside of the T region are absorbed in their own challenges they must face with even less funding.
Mass. Economists Project Weak Growth Ahead
Lagging job growth in the state is seen as the big reason the state’s economy appears likely to slow down through the third quarter.
New GOP Guv Candidate Wants to Repeal MBTA Communities
Brian Shortsleeve, a former Baker administration MBTA executive, venture capitalist and Marine Corps veteran, announced his candidacy for governor a platform to “bring commonsense conservative leadership to Beacon Hill.”
Q&A: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mike Kennealy
Mike Kennealy is the first major challenger to Democratic Gov. Maura Healey in the 2026 gubernatorial race. On housing, he says he’ll work “in partnership” with towns to build more homes.
Spilka Eyes Sales Tax Exemption to Encourage Housing
The idea to exempt multifamily projects’ building materials would first be studied by a commission before any changes get formally proposed.
Survey: Employer Confidence Sank Lower in April
Tariff policies and national political developments slid Massachusetts employers further into a state of pessimism in April.
Outreach Begins as Eviction-Sealing Deal Takes Effect
Thousands of Massachusetts residents gained a new tool in the search for stable housing Monday, as a compromise between tenant advocates and the real estate lobby took effect allowing eligible tenants to have their past eviction records sealed.
Senate, House Headed for $420M MBTA Funding Showdown
Senate Democrats want to send only $370 million to the MBTA under a new spending plan fueled by excess surtax revenues, much less than the House approved across workforce, infrastructure and reduced fare investments at the beleaguered transit agency.
Economist: Mass. Economy May Have Shrunk More than U.S. in Q1
Start with an aging workforce and challenges retaining younger people, and add growing consumer worries and weakness in the tech sector, and Massachusetts’ economy could have shrunk as much as 1.3 percent.
DPU Squeezing How Much Utilities May Charge for Gas Pipe Replacements
The Department of Public Utilities late Wednesday night ordered that gas companies will have to ratchet down the amount of money they can bill customers for efforts to replace old and leaking natural gas pipelines.
Crumbling Foundations in Central Mass. Fuel Continuing Appeals for Aid
As homeowners dealing with crumbling concrete foundations implored lawmakers Tuesday to deliver financial assistance, House Democrats declined to support a budget amendment to create a relief fund seeded with $100 million.
Report: Mass. Home to More Millionaires Despite New Surtax
Surtax supporters released data Monday that they said pokes holes in the argument that the state’s new tax on high earners is causing higher-income residents to move out of Massachusetts.
MBTA Envisions Another Burst of Hiring to Boost Repairs, Frequency
The hiring blitz at the T will keep going full steam ahead. Or it probably will, at least if the MBTA’s final budget looks like the preliminary version that’s up for a vote Thursday.
MBTA Zoning Law Targeted by GOP Budget Amendments
Some GOP representatives are angling to reopen the controversial MBTA Communities Act conversation when the House takes up its budget next week.
