Election Day is on Tuesday for twelve communities in western Massachusetts, where voters will decide on various local races, ...

Over the last two years, divisions on the Worcester City Council have been stark. Councilors have had tense arguments over police accountability, homelessness, the war in Gaza and how they should ...

DOLLARS AND SENSE — Democrats on Beacon Hill are adamant they can’t fill the holes the feds are blowing in their budget plans. Now, one of the state’s budget writers is asking the experts what would ...

On the eve of Massachusetts' municipal elections, a new UMass Amherst/WCVB National poll is looking ahead at the 2026 mid-term campaign and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey's pursuit of a third term.

Fifty-five cities and towns across Massachusetts will hold their biennial municipal elections on Tuesday, including three in the Merrimack Valley – Haverhill, Lawrence and Methuen – where residents wi ...

Kinlin’s neighborhood has experienced flooding during bad storms or king tides, and almost every neighbor on Morton Street ...

The 10-stop, self-guided tour launched in October explores Boston’s role in spurring the American abolitionist movement.

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically ...

Setti D. Warren, the director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics and former mayor of Newton, Mass., died suddenly at his home ...

A Q&A with Burhan Azeem, a Cambridge City Councilor whose new housing law marries abundance with economic progressivism ...

The Daily is conducting interviews with City Council candidates ahead of the municipal election on Nov. 4 where residents will be able to choose up to seven candidates. This story will be updated with ...

This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?