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Mar 31, 2025 - The entire cannabis industry is struggling as pot prices have plummeted and operators deal with the unique challenges of working with a substance that is...

Nov 20, 2025 - What reached Gov. Maura Healey’s desk, and what’s still on hold until 2026 now that the Legislature is done with major business for the year?

Nov 11, 2025 - Gov. Maura Healey heard from solar industry officials at a Monday summit pleading to cut red tape and costs associated with installing more of the green energy...

Aug 29, 2025 - There have been many minor-league baseball teams in Massachusetts over the years, but right now the Bay State has a bumper crop. And it seems fair to say that...

Nov 11, 2025 - The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, in rebuffing at least 10 public records requests for information on various aspects of its operations, insists that...

Nov 11, 2025 - "I'm trying to do the best I can to manage the situation," Healey said. She added, "No state can come forward and replace what the federal...

Sep 9, 2025 - Dig into stories built on data in By the Numbers. Explore the data that explains and shapes life in Massachusetts, including the latest CommonWealth Beacon...

Nov 11, 2025 - MBTA riders long wanted the agency to catch up with its peers and provide a way to pay fares that didn’t involve CharlieCards or vending machines. After the...

Nov 11, 2025 - The state’s final ResilientCoasts plan, unveiled on Thursday, calls for such a program to be stood up within three to five years, once a study currently...

Dec 15, 2025 - Discover top career opportunities — your source for the latest job openings in government, public policy, nonprofits, education, and more.

Nov 11, 2025 - "The Massachusetts Port Authority proposal, which has faced years of opposition, would expand the Lawrence G. Hanscom Field located between Bedford,...

Jul 8, 2025 - About CommonWealth Beacon, the trusted source for in-depth news and opinion on policy, politics, & civic life in Massachusetts.

Nov 11, 2025 - "Doyle has helmed DMH since October 2020, after serving as deputy commissioner for nearly five years. The agency has a roughly $1.3 billion budget for...

Sep 9, 2025 - Take a deep dive into the stories that shape Massachusetts with CommonWealth In Depth. In these thoroughly researched long-reads, CommonWealth Beacon peels...

Oct 2, 2025 - "The results show slight improvement in English language arts scores among students in grades 3 through 8 and no change in math scores for that cohort....

Dec 16, 2025 - Special Projects Critical Condition The Challenges Shaping Health Care Access in Massachusetts As federal policies evolve and financial pressures

Nov 11, 2025 - "The bill seeks to tackle what officials describe as a literacy crisis, as more young students struggle with the foundational reading and writing skills...

Nov 11, 2025 - Boxed in by prior commitments, inflation, and federal uncertainty, the MBTA is narrowing its approach to its five-year capital plan to focus on projects such...

Nov 19, 2025 - The delays underscore the challenges facing the state in cutting pollution from the transportation sector, which accounts for the largest share of greenhouse...

Mar 31, 2025 - As waters rise, coastal residents are increasingly facing a difficult choice: try to relocate in a difficult housing market and take losses on their homes, or...

Nov 11, 2025 - For the real bare-knuckle action in mayoral contests these days, you need to look outside the state’s capital city, where incumbents don’t just often...

Sep 17, 2025 - Despite “fragile progress,” the Commonwealth’s early child care system continues to suffer from a workforce problem, according to a new analysis...

Jun 30, 2025 - The vast majority of Americans are skeptical of AI and want it slowed down. This is the moment for Massachusetts to show its leadership.

Nov 11, 2025 - The plan reverberating around Beacon Hill, as first reported by CommonWealth Beacon last week, is sure to put lawmakers in a politically difficult position and...

Sep 25, 2025 - Healey’s Discovery, Research and Innovation for a Vibrant Economy (DRIVE) bill aims to attract private investment and preserve research jobs. With federal...

Nov 24, 2025 - On this week’s episode of The Codcast, Jim Peyser, who served as secretary of education under Gov. Charlie Baker, talks with CommonWealth Beacon executive...

Nov 24, 2025 - A trusted nonprofit, non-partisan source for in-depth news analysis, reporting & opinion on policy, politics, & civic life in Massachusetts.

Nov 11, 2025 - Tepper shared in an interview with CommonWealth Beacon that she took a previously-unreported trip up to Nova Scotia last month to meet with officials to...

Aug 7, 2025 - North Shore NAACP branch president Kenann McKenzie-DeFranza and Harborlight Homes advocacy and education manager Jean Michael Fana join CommonWealth...

Nov 26, 2025 - The issue appears to be a spat about accounting records, but it highlights the struggles health providers had during the height of the first COVID waves, when...

Nov 18, 2025 - According to a bill summary, someone in a Massachusetts health care facility is assaulted, threatened or verbally abused every 38 minutes.

Dec 2, 2025 - After a series of stops and starts stretching back 15-plus years, Beacon Hill is on the verge of removing one of the last remaining obstacles to redevelopment...

Nov 11, 2025 - In November, the seven Supreme Judicial Court justices will wrestle with some disputes that are years or decades in the making. Others touch on current crises....

Nov 26, 2025 - CommonWealth Beacon covers the news, stories, personalities, and policies that shape life in Massachusetts. 

Dec 15, 2025 - Tune into spirited debate, local stories, and insightful analyses with The Codcast. Hosted each week by a CommonWealth Beacon reporter, the half-hour policy...

Nov 11, 2025 - Speaking after casting his vote in Brighton, Galvin said both cities were under close supervision by his office as municipal elections unfold in 55 cities and...

Dec 1, 2025 - Science-of-reading advocates describe the activity as a "back-door effort"

Nov 26, 2025 - President Abraham Lincoln delivered his 272-word Gettysburg Address during the Civil War on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg

Nov 11, 2025 - Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt suddenly resigned Thursday, prompting the governor to ask the head of the MBTA and the state’s highway...

Nov 24, 2025 - In a closely watched upset, City Councilor Robert Van Campen beat DeMaria by 9 percentage points. His promise to restore trust and accountability in City Hall...

Dec 8, 2025 - Both Democrats filed papers Monday to set up candidate committees in the House district that includes Essex, Rockport, Manchester-by-the Sea and Gloucester.

Nov 11, 2025 - Massachusetts summers are expected to experience more variable and severe dry spells due to rising temperatures and less frequent rainfall. Meanwhile, the...

Nov 11, 2025 - Cuts at the state level mean the city’s initiative will be operating in a more financially constrained environment. The crux of the new effort will rely on...

Nov 12, 2025 - By a 10-2 vote, the council backed the $9 million transfer of Vibra Hospital of Western Massachusetts and the Meadows nursing home in Leicester, along with the...

Sep 29, 2025 - Under updated regulations adopted in May by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, each district must develop and submit a local Competency...

Nov 11, 2025 - Massachusetts’s schools have recruited higher proportions of international students than colleges and universities almost anywhere else because of a...

Nov 22, 2025 - Massachusetts has positioned itself as a leader on a range of policy domains under attack by the Trump administration. But as a national conversation has...

Dec 1, 2025 - Incisive commentary from legislators, local activists, seasoned political analysts, & interested residents across the Bay State.

Nov 11, 2025 - Massachusetts property owners are navigating the need for flood insurance as disasters become more widespread and the state looks to reverse an urgent housing...

Nov 11, 2025 - Eighty-one percent of Boston residents, according to a new Abundant Housing Massachusetts poll, support a goal of building 30,000 new homes in Boston –...

Nov 11, 2025 - Federal policy changes and high costs within Massachusetts continue to squeeze businesses, and by one metric, Bay State employers have not felt this negative...

Dec 2, 2025 - As the secretary of state's office certifies hundreds of thousands of signatures submitted on behalf of the proposed 2026 ballot questions, campaigns and...

Nov 11, 2025 - The regulations — should the board vote to approve them — would not automatically allow the programs, just enable colleges and universities to submit...

Dec 1, 2025 - Take the Bay State’s pulse with CommonWealth Beacon’s daily newsletter, the Download. Every morning, we curate the top stories, analyses, and opinions on...