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Gov. Maura T. Healey late last week filled out the membership of the State Ballot Law Commission, adding two private sector lobbyists to the panel that could rule on challenges to ballot access ahead of this fall's elections.

BOSTON — After a state judge ruled this month that Massachusetts law governing municipal home equity takings “requires Legislative correction,” a state senator who has filed a related bill for years said Monday that he was ready to start demanding roll call votes on his proposal.Members of the Legislature’s taxation panel began voting Monday afternoon […]

The Oak Bluffs select board unanimously approved adding two stop signs at School Street and Pacific Avenue, making the intersection a three-way stop. The recommendation came from the Oak Bluffs roadways and byways committee.  Byways and select board member Jason Balbon said that an accident at the top of School Street a few years ago […]

Erin Joyce was sworn in as Braintree's third mayor and the first woman to hold the office during a ceremony Tuesday at town hall.

A trio of settlements struck Thursday between rideshare companies and state officials in New York could provide a template for action by the Massachusetts Legislature to keep a potential industry-backed

Settlements between Uber and New York officials offer a model for rideshare driver benefits in Massachusetts, an Uber official said.

BOSTON — Most House Democrats lined up Wednesday in support of a major overhaul of the state's firearms laws, easily hurdling over procedural complaints and sending the Senate a measure that has generated incendiary criticism from gun owners and promises from supporters that it will save lives.

Most House Democrats lined up Wednesday in support of a major overhaul of the state’s firearms laws, easily hurdling over procedural complaints and sending the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/mass-house-approves-bill-to-strengthen-gun-laws/">Read More</a>

Most in the Massachusetts House supported a major overhaul of the state's firearms laws that has generated incendiary criticism from gun owners and promises from supporters that it will save lives.

Most House Democrats lined up Wednesday in support of a major overhaul of the state’s firearms laws, easily hurdling over procedural complaints and sending...