Massachusetts High Court Allows Ballot Measure to End Adult-Use Cannabis Sales to Proceed

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last week ruled that the ballot question seeking to roll back the commonwealth’s 2016 adult-use cannabis law will be put to voters, NBC Boston reports. The proposal had been challenged by some participants in the  …

Massachusetts Senate Passes Landmark Child Welfare Bill

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed legislation that safeguards the well-being of children, particularly those in state care and foster care; increases access to community support for children at risk of court involvement; and strengthens …

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Issues RFP for Grant Opportunity

BOSTON — The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation announced a request for proposals (RFP) for the OB3 Impacts Defense Fund – Mitigating Coverage Loss. This grant opportunity is focused on mitigating potential MassHealth coverage losses …

Explore the full results of the Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of Massachusetts voters

Massachusetts residents are sour on the state of the commonwealth’s economy, largely driven by cost of living concerns, and nearly half say they have considered leaving the state, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll. The poll asked …

More than half of Massachusetts voters say they’ve weighed leaving the state, new Suffolk/Globe poll finds

Roughly one in four of the 500 voters polled said they’ve “seriously considered” a move and another 28 percent said they’ve weighed it from time to time. That’s despite the vast majority — at least 70 percent — also saying they had enough money to live …

Massachusetts Juneteenth 2026 guide: Parties, festivals, more

June 16, 2026, 5:10 a.m. ET Friday, June 19, 2026 will mark 161 years since chattel slavery ended in the United States of America. June 19, also known as Juneteenth, commemorates when the last slaves were freed in 1865 as well as the on-going fight for …

Sharks along Cape Cod spotted stealing striped bass from fishermen: ‘Sharks are throughout Massachusetts waters now’

If you’re fishing along Cape Cod these days, be on the lookout for a hungry apex predator. Several white sharks have been chomping on striped bass that fishermen caught in Cape Cod Bay, according to shark researcher John Chisholm. The striped bass shark …

AAA: Average Massachusetts gas price falls 12 cents

WESTWOOD — Northeast gasoline prices are falling as markets react to the weekend announcement of a tentative peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran that could reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz passageway later this week. After peaking in mid-April, …

11 Massachusetts nurses were diagnosed with brain tumors: Is it a cancer cluster?

As the state investigates a possible cancer cluster at a high school, many Herald readers have asked whatever happened with the potential tumor cluster at a local hospital. Seven current and former nurses in Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s fifth floor …

Rescue teams free humpback whale off Massachusetts