Under a 2024 gun law, many Massachusetts residents applying or renewing a firearms permit are now required to take a revised basic firearms safety course with updated material. However, advocates for ...

Massachusetts is getting another Trader Joe's store this year. An announcement on the grocery store chain's website said that ...

Massachusetts employers added 3,700 jobs in January, bringing the total since October to 14,700. The jobless rate was 4.7 ...

Maternity units and birthing centers are closing. Too many low-risk pregnancies end up with deliveries by C-section, and too ...

Power outages hit hundreds of thousands of customers across Massachusetts as the blizzard of 2026 swept through Monday. According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), more than 245 ...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has unveiled a new plan that would create a $400 million fund to support university and healthcare research in the state. Healey’s initiative — called DRIVE ...

A Democratic state auditor is taking Massachusetts legislative leaders, including members of her own party, to court after uncovering nearly $12 million in alleged fraud in public assistance programs, ...

In order to determine America's best and worst state economies, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 28 key indicators of economic performance and strength. The data ...

The Boston Globe's Jason Laughlin explains how Massachusetts and other states are forming independent healthcare coalitions to fill in the gap on healthcare policy left by sweeping federal changes.

Massachusetts staged a turnaround in CNBC’s state competitiveness rankings in 2025, jumping 18 places after falling 23 spots in 2024. The state is less dependent than most across the U.S. on federal ...

Total health care spending per capita grew by 5.7 percent between 2023 and 2024, while the benchmark was set at 3.6 percent, ...

Ashley is a lead editor of mortgages and loans at Forbes Advisor. She graduated from Utah Tech University with a bachelor’s in English with an emphasis in creative writing. She began her career ...