Beacon Hill Democrats largely cleared their plates this past month of major priorities that had shaped the early part of ...

Budget deal Take Two: Florida House, Senate agree on 'framework' amid raucous session Jim Saunders Tallahassee Democrat 0:05 ...

Governor Healey signs a $60.9 billion budget for Massachusetts, underscoring fiscal responsibility and service protection.

The Legislature this week agreed to use nearly $500 million in surtax revenue to deliver a major boost to K-12 school funding, a move that some see as fulfilling the voter-approved mission of the ...

The rally was one of about 115 organized by the nationwide Indivisible movement. WORCESTER — Worcester artist Kat Hastings ...

After the U.S. House vote to pass sprawling legislation that extends tax breaks and cuts social services spending in a nod to ...

The state's fiscal 2026 budget calls for a commission to investigate crumbling home foundations owing to pyrrhotite and ...

Regional teams across the country have been instructed, at times, to limit sharing information with their state and local ...

Gov. Maura Healey said her budget office is ready to slash millions in legislative earmarks for local projects, and will seek the extraordinary power to cut spending across all state government.

With the state facing a hazy fiscal future, Healey also asked lawmakers to give her the expanded power to cut across state ...

Some local projects and programs dependent on earmarks inserted into the state budget by area legislators may have to wait ...

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