A key U.S. Senate committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would write current regulatory policy into law that allows banks and credit unions to serve cannabis businesses and their workers in states where cannabis is legal.
The Biden administration “planted its flag here in Massachusetts,” Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday, by agreeing after a competitive process to create a biomedical and health hub in Greater Boston through the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was cool Monday to the idea that Widett Circle could be used as a recovery campus to help address persistent drug use and homelessness in the nearby “Mass & Cass” area.
With the agency struggling to improve subway service and facing heightened scrutiny from federal regulators, MBTA General Manager Phil Eng on Friday reshaped the T’s management hierarchy.
Top House and Senate Democrats have reached an agreement on a tax relief bill, and plan to send it to Gov. Maura Healey next week as an opening act for their fall session. But details are still scarce.
Gov. Maura Healey hailed the nearly $20 million move as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” that her administration hopes will create an sector of equal significance to the state’s life science industry.
Vulnerable workers, including immigrants who don’t know their rights or are fearful of employer retaliation, could gain stronger protections against pervasive wage theft under the legislation, but it has failed to win support from Democrats on Beacon Hill for years.
Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday that she is “absolutely” pushing legislators to complete a tax relief package that was promised over a year ago in the two months remaining in the formal lawmaking season of 2023.
What do Boston, Somerville, Salem and Northampton have in common? They all want the one available spot in a state pilot program that would let them significantly limit the future use of oil and gas hookups in new buildings.
The Healey administration is considering a menu of housing policies, including creating seasonal designations for communities affected by summer tourism
The Massachusetts economy keeps driving ahead and that recession out on the horizon doesn’t seem to be getting any closer.
A top House Democrat is calling on Gov. Maura Healey’s administration to overhaul its “chaotic” response to the ongoing arrival of migrant families, and establish a unified command structure.
Poorly trained staff, a breakdown of communication between T leaders and employees, and missing documentation of inspections are among the reasons the MBTA’s tracks have deteriorated to the point where it is not safe for trains to operate at full speeds, according to a new report.
Real estate groups say they will appeal Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s certification of a rent control ballot question.
It’s now eight months into Gov. Maura Healey’s administration and the wait continues for major proposals from the Corner Office to address perhaps the governor’s signature issue: housing affordability and production.
Facing a steady influx of migrants from other countries, Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday activated up to 250 National Guard members to provide basic services at emergency shelter hotels.
Around 50 percent of the Cape and Islands’ workers travel over the bridges to come to work, Rep. Dylan Fernandes said: “Anything we can do to have fewer cars on the Cape gives residents more transportation options to choose from.”
Some of the powerful players in Massachusetts’ business community are getting impatient for long-promised, and long-delayed, tax relief as August stretches on without action.
Boston police would be granted the ability to take down tents at Mass. and Cass., under Mayor Michelle Wu’s plans for a new approach to address the homeless encampments in an area that’s the center of the state’s opioid epidemic.
The Chinese firm responsible for building new MBTA trains is still crafting an updated schedule for the project after multiple delays, and T officials appear pleased with how well the vehicles have been performing lately.
