GOVERNORS

The governor's influence is rising in the Democratic Party, as she shifts from low-key resistance to full-on protest over Trump's punitive slashing of federal funds

Lawmakers face the challenge of addressing the potential loss of $16B in federal funding in next year’s Mass. budget, which may require significant Legislative action.

Massachusetts state Rep. Natalie Blais of Deerfield was named to co-lead the Legislature's Agriculture Committee.

Mass. Senate lawmakers passed some session rules aiming to make the legislative process a little easier for people in the Commonwealth to understand.

The Trump administration's move to pause trillions of dollars in federal spending triggered an avalanche of uncertainty, panic and outrage, including a lawsuit from Attorney General Andrea Campbell and several of her counterparts.

Massachusetts Auditor Diana DiZoglio in a scathing new report called the executive branch's handling of employment settlements "dysfunctional" and "chaotic," saying agencies failed to operate with explicit policies for those agreements under the Patrick and Baker administrations.

On the shelter front, Mass. lawmakers have requested information about the impact of change on the state's shelter system, before they authorize necessary, requested funding.

We talk about soundtracking the space with composer Steve Thomas and real-life astronaut Cady Coleman and talk politics with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Panelists discuss Gov. Healey’s State of the Commonwealth, the lack of EV chargers in the Berkshires, the consequences of decreased food support for low-income people in western Mass., gender inequality in sober homes, and much more.

The speech was eight pages long and touched on everything from the economy to the housing crisis in Massachusetts.