GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

This week Massachusetts state executive and Legislative budget officials are expected to release the consensus tax revenue estimate, a figure that is used in fiscal year 2027 budget proposals.

About 1500 people turned out in downtown Northampton in response to the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. It was one of dozens of protests around New England.

Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, we provide local perspective of the dramatic capture of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, debates surrounding a proposed solar power plant in Southampton, sworn-in local municipal administrations and much more.

The U.S. House on Thursday was poised to vote on a three-year extension to health care tax credits under the Affordable Care Act which expired at the end of last year.

A UMass Amherst professor explains how President Donald Trump is using a 200-year-old foreign policy position to justify the extraction of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro.

Mayors, city and town councilors, school committee members and others were sworn into office across western Massachusetts on Monday.

The Mass. Legislature begins the second year of its two-year session after ringing in the New Year.

A plot line that was developing a year ago, overshadowed 2025 by a long shot: President Donald Trump's return to the White House and its impact on Beacon Hill.

As people with SNAP food benefits brace for stricter rules and eligibility, retired teacher Mary Cowhey of Northampton, Mass., can attest to the longterm consequences of not having enough to eat.

The number crunchers on Beacon Hill began the state budgeting process. The consensus revenue hearing determined cautious growth is ahead in Massachusetts.