The question of whether to allow 16- and 17-year olds to vote in local elections is brewing on Beacon Hill. About 15 municipalities across the country, including ones in Maryland, California, Vermont ...

Massachusetts is testing a politically delicate idea: cutting how much people drive without telling anyone how often they can get behind the wheel. A new proposal, Senate Bill S.2246, would push the ...

Massachusetts could receive nearly $93 million in federal funding – and some of it could be headed straight to your town. On Jan. 15, the U.S. Senate passed a trio of bills to provide funding for an ...

A million Bay Staters are at risk of losing their SNAP benefits just days from now, as a political firestorm has erupted amid the federal government shutdown, and a message from a state agency turns ...