The shift could be caused by state-level limits on shelter stays and federal restrictions.

After accepting public nominations, the Massachusetts Senate plans to commission the State House's first busts of women.

“Right now, we’re asking doctors to also be lawyers,” said state Sen. Robyn Kennedy, who filed the bill.

The revelation of personal support lends a new layer of intrigue to one of the hottest topics on Beacon Hill.

Nearly 50 towns and cities passed rules during Trump's first term in office.

“It’s an act of political cowardice,” one advocate told GBH News.

Sen. William Brownsberger of Belmont called for the bill to be laid aside and for Boston to finalize its property tax rates without any shift.

It offers hundreds of millions of dollars of long-term state support to the life sciences and climate technology industries, clears the way for development of a professional soccer stadium in Everett, controversially shields a nonprofit accused of predatory lending, and more.

State lawmakers agreed on $500 million for life sciences, $400 million for climate technology.

Voters resoundingly backed a ballot question giving Auditor Diana DiZoglio power to probe the state House and Senate, but the path ahead might not be straightforward.