Tax cuts. Cutting red tape. Deregulation. Making life easier for businesses. Cracking down on free benefits for newly-arrived migrants. A pledge to work with the Trump administration. Those are key issues that Massachusetts conservatives have long championed.

Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.

Gov. Maura Healey slipped a series of tax increases into her fiscal year 2026 budget like applying the sales tax to candy, slapping the tobacco tax on synthetic nicotine produces, imposing an

Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr discusses Healey's new budget proposal, state spending and the state auditor's new ability to audit the state legislature.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is touting a multi-billion investment plan targeting higher education. On the heels of her State of the Commonwealth address and ahead of her $62 billion budget proposal, Healey unveiled a plan to invest at least $2.5 billion into the state’s public universities and colleges, including its community colleges.

The new spending plan is “balanced, it’s fiscally responsible, and we believe it is a blueprint for meeting the needs of residents and businesses," Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday.

Gov. Maura Healey said there is no reason to be concerned about it because Massachusetts is not a so-called "sanctuary state."

Officials from Boston, Cambridge, and elsewhere have for years sought the ability to use automated cameras for traffic enforcement, arguing it could lessen the burden on local law enforcement and help reduce crashes.

A top House Democrat demanded Gov. Maura Healey’s administration cough up more information about the state-run emergency shelter system before the chamber moves forward with a series of

Healey’s travel in 2024 included a stretch in which she visited or was traveling to other states on 28 of the 80 days from the day she left Massachusetts for the Democratic National Convention in mid-August through Election Day on Nov.

Gov. Maura Healey's proposal to increase state funding for local road and bridge projects includes major boosts for smaller and rural communities.

Tariffs will mean higher costs for Bay Staters, including for the basics like clothing and groceries, a "very concerned" Healey is warning.