Matt Stout

The change marks the first time the Massachusetts House has moved in response to a ballot measure voters overwhelmingly approved last week.

The Massachusetts House on Thursday will vote on an internal rule change that would allow state Auditor Diana DiZoglio to choose an outside firm to

The Massachusetts House on Thursday passed an internal rule change that will allow state Auditor Diana DiZoglio to choose an outside firm to do a

State lawmakers this week sent Governor Maura Healey legislation that would shield a Boston non-profit battling accusations of predatory lending

LAWRENCE — Federal authorities last week searched a Lawrence property owned by a Democratic state lawmaker, according to officials and people with

The bill Governor Maura Healey signed into law Wednesday stands to benefit BlueHub Capital, a Roxbury-based nonprofit that specializes in helping distressed homeowners but which, some claim in a nearly five-year-old legal fight, also deceived them.

Mayor Michelle Wu has repeatedly emphasized the need for the Legislature to act urgently on the local measure, but a lawmaker who does not represent any part of Boston was able to stop the bill from advancing, at least temporarily.

Governor Maura Healey said she will seek to limit homeless and migrant families to six-month stays in Massachusetts' strained emergency shelter

The proposed limit is one of several dramatic changes Healey’s administration is seeking to Massachusetts's emergency shelter system, as it tries to rein in the program’s nearly $1.1 billion tab.

Officials at the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod filed the complaint with Yarmouth Police in late September, months after state Representative Chris Flanagan, a first-term Dennis Port Democrat, resigned from his post as the executive officer of the nonprofit trade association.