A new year and new legislative session have arrived, and there are already loads of pressing issues that appear ripe for ...

With today’s edition, coverage of the 2025-2026 Massachusetts legislative session begins with our weekly Beacon Hill Roll ...

Many of the big political issues from 2024 carry into 2025, including housing, the T and the state's shelter crisis.

It’s going to be a really important first month," one expert said. And several of the issues rearing their heads so early in ...

Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Legislature bashed local media outlets for critical coverage of Beacon Hill’s inability to ...

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $425 million spending bill Tuesday that attempts to drain nearly all of an account filled with ...

Veteran political reporter Gin Dumcius of CommonWealth Beacon previewed the upcoming legislative session and other key 2025 topics in Massachusetts politics.

The State Auditor is squaring off against the House Speaker and Senate President for the right to audit the legislature.

You'll find the Massachusetts State House nearby as well as Boston Public Garden. If you’re interested in learning more about the history of Beacon Hill, visit the Nichols House Museum or take a ...

Sen. Ed Kennedy’s fingerprints are all over projects, policies and initiatives in the 1st Middlesex District communities of ...

Herb Chambers has made the largest donation of his life: a $100 million contribution to Mass General to help fund cancer ...