Cities like Worcester — where the poverty rate is twice as high as the state’s — may have trouble getting people to the polls ...

There’s still time for White Stadium project planners to deliver on the principles of EJ Community Engagement and Outreach – improved levels of trust, transparency, and stronger pathways for ongoing ...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue last week launched an ad saying he would suspend the gas tax "until prices stabilize." ...

The auditor’s report unveils how even before the agency was thrust into turmoil with record-breaking poor performance during a time of a relatively stable job market, out-of-work Massachusetts ...

People who are finishing their education are almost twice as likely to consider leaving Massachusetts in the next five years, ...

The total number of job losses in the last two months – about 11,100 – almost matches the jobs gained since September.

SJC SETTLES IT: The state’s highest court, which already upheld the sweeping and controversial MBTA Communities multifamily housing law last year, waved away the second challenge to come before it.

LABOR HAS BEEN showing up in ballot question debates for years, but the last decade has seen unions truly out in force behind some of the buzziest initiatives. So when and why does organized labor ...

The problem is not that the public lacks crucial information about its government; it’s that its government lacks crucial information about the public -- and has little motivation to care about that.

The problem is not that the public lacks crucial information about its government; it’s that its government lacks crucial information about the public — and has little motivation to care about that.