A top House Democrat demanded Gov. Maura Healey’s administration cough up more information about the state-run emergency shelter system before the chamber moves forward with a series of restrictive policies that could block out newly arrived migrants to Massachusetts.

Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.

Gov. Healey wants Massachusetts communities to have the option of installing automated cameras that catch speeding drivers.

Officials from Boston, Cambridge, and elsewhere have for years sought the ability to use automated cameras for traffic enforcement, arguing it could lessen the burden on local law enforcement and help reduce crashes.

Gov. Maura Healey slipped a series of tax increases into her fiscal year 2026 budget like applying the sales tax to candy, slapping the tobacco tax on synthetic nicotine produces, imposing an

The new spending plan is “balanced, it’s fiscally responsible, and we believe it is a blueprint for meeting the needs of residents and businesses," Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday.

Gov. Maura Healey said there is no reason to be concerned about it because Massachusetts is not a so-called "sanctuary state."

However, the sector faces another kind of risk, with a new administration in charge in Washington.

Gov. Maura Healey wants to close the state’s Pocasset Mental Health Center as part of her fiscal 2026 proposed budget. But unions who represent workers their strongly oppose the idea.The Pocasset facility is a 16-bed inpatient acute mental health stabilization unit serving patients aged 19 and older.

Federal immigration agents were seen Wednesday taking a man into custody in Chelsea, Massachusetts, as well as making other arrests in East Boston.

Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday weighed in on the Trump administration’s efforts to detain criminals through Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests, saying she