Massachusetts isn’t alone in the rising share of households facing energy insecurity around the country, yet the state, as ...

EDITION 1 The Competition Problem Welcome to CommonWealth Beacon's Election 2026 newsletter run. The most generous thing we can say about ...

Pollsters asked about the proposed law to eliminate the time limit for filing civil lawsuits related to child sexual abuse. Respondents overwhelmingly said they would strongly (60 percent) or somewhat ...

Democracy reform is personal for me. The first time I walked into the State House, I was a 16-year-old youth organizer ...

Question 3 would eliminate the ability of Bay State parties to police the use of their party labels by candidates in elections and sever the only meaningful accountability link between ...

Question 3 moves the final decision from the elections that most people ignore to the ones that have high participation ...

The law focuses on the root causes of gun violence to make all Massachusetts communities safer – and it is working.

More than $38 million in debt relief will be distributed to 69,527 people in eastern Mass. through a partnership involving the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association.

Officials on Beacon Hill are navigating the challenges of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions while confronting high energy costs. (Jennifer Smith/CommonWealth Beacon) FIVE YEARS AGO, ...

Given recent AI hacking incidents, CommonWealth Beacon checked back in with state officials to see how they’re protecting resident data flowing through an AI assistant. Here’s what you need to know.

FOR THE FIRST time since Barack Obama was president, Massachusetts did not land in dead last place in one assessment of electoral competitiveness. It came in second to last. Thanks to a slight uptick ...