Gov. Healey says political flex on Beacon Hill wasn’t ‘pressure’

Gov. Healey says political flex on Beacon Hill wasn’t ‘pressure’

Gov. Maura Healey asked, the Legislature delivered. Healey called on the Legislature, which had failed to complete work on two key pieces of legislation during a messy, late-summer end to formal lawmaking, to return to work to tie off a massive jobs package and energy reform proposal that the first-term Democrat argued were critical to … Read more

The road to Beacon Hill is lined with dollar signs

The road to Beacon Hill is lined with dollar signs

Politics isn’t cheap in Massachusetts. For the cost of a state Senate campaign these days, a person could probably buy or put a solid down payment on a house. Not in Boston, of course. Don’t kid yourself. Maybe in Texas if anywhere. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. … Read more

Battle lines are drawn in SJC clerk race

Battle lines are drawn in SJC clerk race

State Sen. Lydia Edwards is backing Allison Cartwright for clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, announcing her support in a social media post that appeared to take a shot at her former colleague on the Boston City Council, Erin Murphy. Edwards made it clear in two separate posts on X this month that she prefers … Read more