Michael P. Norton

The Massachusetts economy is expected to grow at minimal rates in the second and third quarters of this year, according to local economists, who released data Monday showing the state

The insurance fund covering nearly a half-million state employees, retirees, and their families will run out of money this week.

The commission overseeing ethics laws alleged Tuesday that a former MBTA official violated the state conflict of interest law by unfairly favoring a friend’s recycling company in a $1.3 million per year MBTA procurement. The State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division outlined its allegations in an “order to show cause,” asserting that now retired MBTA Environmental Compliance Manager Thomas Daly also worked…

State senators outnumbered on a joint House-Senate committee pushed five data privacy bills this week into the Senate Ways and Means Committee, which is the last hurdle bills need to

BOSTON — Surtax supporters have released data that they said pokes holes in the argument that the state’s new tax on high earners is causing higher-income residents to move out of Massachusetts.

The governor's team says Vineyard Wind is running four turbines in the waters south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. And Vineyard Wind officials don't want to answer basic questions about

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended a softball game between Boston College and Stanford University on May 4 at BC.

The federal government indicated Tuesday it has set specific targets to address a health care cost driver that Massachusetts policymakers are grappling with: prescription drugs.

The auditor's office called the use of the emergency procurements "improper and unlawful" and said bypassing standard procurement procedures resulted in a "lack of fairness via competitive bidding and a

No-bid emergency food and transportation service procurements followed a failure by state officials to assess and react to a spike in demand for shelter services, according to audit results.