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 ...

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 ...

The governor estimates that eliminating the sales tax exemption on candy could raise $25 million. Right now, Massachusetts is one of 11 states that exempt candy from the sales tax. WBZ-TV reached out ...

Gov. Maura Healey's $62 billion budget proposal was announced this week. It includes major transit and education investments.

Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods would be “terrible for the Massachusetts economy," Gov. Maura Healey said.

The state’s surtax on incomes over $1 million, approved by voters in 2022, is doing what it was intended to do: creating more ...

President Donald Trump’s pledge to place 25% tariffs on products from Canada could lead to an estimated $200 million annual increase in the total cost of electricity in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura ...

Federal agents arrested several undocumented individuals with criminal histories Wednesday night, including alleged gang members and some wanted for such violent crimes as rape and murder.

If President Donald Trump puts a 25% tariff on products coming from Canada starting next weekend, electricity costs in Massachusetts could increase by as much as $200 million a year, Gov. Maura ...

Gov. Maura Healey just dropped her $62 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, here's a peek at what's inside.

DOLLARS AND SENSE — Hanging over another year of modest growth in the state’s budget are questions about the future of ...

Gov. Maura Healey proposed increasing state spending to more than $62 billion next fiscal year, relying on burgeoning income tax collections from<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...