Norwell Rep. David DeCoste slowed the bill’s advancement last week but was not in the House chamber when Democrats put the bill up for a vote at the immediate outset of their 11 a.m. session and moved ...

One clear point of disagreement between task force members is public meetings — the panel has not had one since March.

Boston is set for the 82nd Boston Common Tree Lighting on December 5, celebrating a long-standing holiday tradition.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has been attempting to enact a contentious plan to temporarily increase commercial property tax ...

Boston officials and volunteers, including Mayor Wu and Police Commissioner Cox, distributed 400 turkeys to residents in need ...

The House on Monday approved the City of Boston’s request to temporarily reconfigure the way it splits property taxes between ...

Trump vowed to launch the largest deportation program in US history and defund "sanctuary" jurisdictions that resist his efforts.

Sanctuary cities across Massachusetts and the U.S. are facing threats of losing federal funding from President-elect Donald ...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu caught a break Monday when the absence of a Republican lawmaker who blocked her plan to hike ...

The bill, the product of a compromise between Mayor Michelle Wu and business groups, now heads to the state Senate.

Maura Healey, Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano ran into each other on the White House lawn decked ...