Government
More donor disclosure is always in the public interest
Campaign signs outside a Boston polling place during the 2021 municipal election. (Photo by Michael Jonas)
News
Editorial coverage from the Worcester USA Wire newsroom.
HealthReport: Work requirements could threaten progress against overdose deaths
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. (CommonWealth Beacon/Jenny Chen)
GovernmentSenators decry ‘disastrous,’ ‘flabbergasting’ Census changes
William Brownsberger at signing of the PROTECT Act alongside Governor Maura Healey on August 5, 2026.
BusinessMassachusetts can protect data privacy without hurting small businesses
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GovernmentTo maximize consumer protection, new data privacy law must include a ‘private right of action’
Washington and Summer street in downtown Boston
HealthState grants schools $1.75M to teach healthy social media use
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GovernmentQuestion 3 debate highlights disagreements over fixing the lack of competition in Mass. elections
At Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Danielle Allen, a Harvard University professor who founded the group advancing Question 3, and Jordan Berg Powers, chair of Voting Rights MA, which is opposing the ballot question, face off…
EducationSchool enrollment decline raises big education, economic questions
School bus in Boston traffic.
HealthWhy three red states are suing Mass. over abortion
THREE RED STATES have launched a broadside against laws in Massachusetts and two other states that protect providers of abortions.
GovernmentComplexity isn’t the issue. The Legislature’s dysfunction is.
The House Chamber in the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
GovernmentRather than a defense of their productivity, the Legislature’s reliance on omnibus bills should be an indictment
The golden dome of the State House. (Photo by Andy Metzger)
GovernmentOmnibus bills enable opaque lawmaking
Ways and Means Committee Chairs Sen. Michael Rodrigues (left) and Rep. Aaron Michlewitz (right) listen to Gov. Maura Healey and her budget chief, Matt Gorzkowicz, discuss their fiscal year 2027 spending plan on February 11, 2026.