Nine Massachusetts Counties Support Senior Property Tax Exemptions
Nine counties across Massachusetts are expanding or maintaining property tax exemptions or reductions for older adults this year. While eligibility for these exemptions varies across municipalities, most counties follow several common state-supported guidelines. Older adults who want to qualify in 2025 generally need...
States get a blueprint to speed up heat-pump adoption
A heat pump in Hudson, New York (Ysabelle Kempe/Canary Media) This story was originally published by Canary Media. States are ramping up efforts to get residents to switch from fossil-fuel-fired heating systems to all-electric heat pumps. Now, they’ve got a big new tool kit to pull from. Last week,...
Massachusetts’ Most Expensive Town Has Less Than 2000 Residents
The New York Times analyzed the most expensive places to live in the United States and this Massachusetts made the list.
Bay State urged to boost climate disaster funding
The Red Cross held a State House event on Wednesday, assessing the Bay State's readiness for increasingly common natural disasters.
Mass. governor pushes for bill to improve college campuses
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey was at University of Massachusetts (UMass) Dartmouth on Thursday, pushing state lawmakers to approve a plan to upgrade public college campuses.
Healey and Driscoll Are Not Massachusetts Natives
Massachusetts' governor and lieutenant governor both hail from other states and are transplants to the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts coalition wants to raise corporate tax to 50%, use $1.2 billion of rainy...
Raise Up Massachusetts, a powerful union-backed coalition, is launching a series of town hall events across the state – beginning here in New Bedford – to advocate for new tax and spending measures aimed at generating about $1.6 billion to offset looming federal cuts in Medicaid, food aid, and nutrition programs.
Starbucks closing over a dozen store locations in Mass.
Multiple Starbucks locations in Massachusetts are set to close.
Local “Velcro Pup” Has Been Waiting Over 6 Months to Find New Home After...
Get ready to meet an affectionate and loving Coonhound mix girl who is searching for a new home after things did not work out in her first. Great Dog Rescue New England (GDRNE), a dedicated foster-based dog rescue in Massachusetts, would like you to meet Piper Parker, a beautiful 4-year-old mix weighing 40 pounds as...
Karen Read grand juror who leaked info has been fired from her job with...
A Dracut woman who leaked information from a grand jury investigation that WCVB and The Boston Globe have reported was a federal grand juror who investigated the state’s handling of the Karen Read case was recently fired from her job with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, according to redacted...
