Working across the aisle to gain bipartisan support for legislation used to be commonplace in Congress, but over the past several years, ideology, rather than collegiality, has rendered that ...

With a new speaker expected soon, both the state House and Senate can change how business is conducted to create more ...

Kids in Massachusetts, and nationwide, are behind on reading.In her State of the Commonwealth address at the beginning of ...

The money will go toward a plant just west of Detroit where the company plans to make conductive materials for ...

Political strategist Bradley Tusk’s new book, “Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot At Saving Democracy, ...

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris warned recently of her GOP rival’s plans to enact mass ...

A U.S. Senate panel has voted to hold Steward Health Care System's embattled CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt of Congress ...

Congress needs to pass a spending bill by September 30 to avoid a partial government shutdown. Dockworkers and ports must ...

Massachusetts is one step closer to simpler, more accessible solar power after the state House of Representatives passed a ...

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, resident Cornelius Shea said it was important to jump in the race when it looked like Rep. Jim ...

"Of all our elected officials," writes the Mass. Democratic Party chair, "legislators are most answerable to the public and ...

Sen. Jason Lewis, D-5th Middlesex, said he'll file a bill coming up with a "non-test based ... rigorous statewide standard" ...