House Democrats say that they are not confident consumers would see savings reflected at the pump while the state lost ...

Even before Gov. Maura Healey entered the heart of campaign season — one that has been defined by skyrocketing energy costs ...

Given recent AI hacking incidents, CommonWealth Beacon checked back in with state officials to see how they’re protecting resident data flowing through an AI assistant. Here’s what you need to know.

Community colleges, with their enrollment buoyed by tuition-free policies in recent years, "remain the largest source of new transfers at the state universities," said Mario Delci, associate ...

For the first time since Barack Obama was president, Massachusetts did not land in dead last in Ballotpedia's biennial ...

Danielle Allen, a Harvard University professor who founded the group advancing Question 3, and Jordan Berg Powers, chair of ...

Ballots are already printed with Oliver's name next to Minogue's as a joint ticket, and over 200,000 voters have already cast ...

WEST-EAST RAIL just got closer to becoming a reality. Gov. Maura Healey announced $130 million in federal funding for the Springfield Hub Modernization Project on Friday, the latest in the state’s ...

A project already pockmarked with delays and growing costs will once again stretch on longer than MBTA officials hoped, this time due to federal scrutiny of components shipped from China.

Protesters descended on the State House to oppose a controversial energy bill led by Rep. Mark Cusack on November 13, 2025. (Jordan Wolman/CommonWealth Beacon) IF REP. MARK CUSACK’S effort to weaken ...

The change, if implemented, would “dramatically and inaccurately favor southern states where many northern residents, sometimes called snowbirds, spend some or all of the months of December through ...

Despite clear evidence that cannabis has had negative health effects in Massachusetts, our state has done little to survey ...