State House News Service

The Healey administration is preparing to deploy the National Guard to help address growing needs fueled by a large number of newly-arriving migrants.

The former dog track in Raynham is working hard to keep its sports betting license application alive as it addresses concerns about its suitability.

More details have emerged on UMass Dartmouth pulling its College of Visual and Performing Arts from the historic Star Store in downtown New Bedford.

Gov. Maura Healey bought top legislative Democrats up to another month to reach a long-overdue budget deal Thursday.

No Republican has held the offices of attorney general, auditor, secretary of state or treasurer in Massachusetts this century, and the GOP's drought will continue for at least another four years.

A major offshore wind project in the Massachusetts pipeline "is no longer viable and would not be able to move forward" under the terms of contracts filed in May.

A compromise bill aimed at helping to grow the legal cannabis industry and making it more equitable emerged just before midnight Sunday after nearly a month of negotiations and quickly passed through both the House and Senate.

Massachusetts gas prices have surged past the $5 a gallon mark at many stations and averaged out at $4.96 in AAA's latest survey, yet no gas tax relief is in sight.

A bill that opening up access to Massachusetts driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants could reach Gov. Charlie Baker's desk as soon as next week.

The public sector is feeling the strain of soaring inflation, too: officials now expect that a once-in-a-generation infrastructure overhaul in Allston will cost $300 million more than estimated, and the price of replacing the Cape Cod bridges could more than double.