We were once losing around 1,100 people a week to other states during COVID. Now that's been cut in half, down to ...

The Massachusetts state payroll climbed to $10.26 billion in 2024, a yearly increase of nearly 10 percent, with University of ...

Massachusetts' highest court upholds the MBTA Communities Act but requires the state to revise guidelines before enforcement.

While the court ruled the law does not run afoul of the state Constitution, it said existing guidelines are "unenforceable." ...

Massachusetts' highest court upheld a controversial state law that requires towns to build affordable housing near the MBTA.

The decision makes clear the state's authority over Milton and 176 other municipalities affected by the so-called MBTA ...

The state’s highest court has made clear that communities subject to the law must allow for additional, responsible ...

In a warning to communities along the MBTA system, the state's highest court has affirmed the Attorney General's authority to sue cities and towns to force them to ...

The state's highest court mostly sided with the state about a controversial housing law affecting communities, but with an ...

A hotly anticipated ruling from the Commonwealth’s Supreme Judicial Court affirms that the state government has a clear ...