Erin Tiernan

Massachusetts’ millionaire-plus money makers will bank Bay Staters at least $1 billion in new tax revenue in the upcoming fiscal year. How the state tracks and doles out those funds will set the tone for how the cash is handled on an annual basis going forward. The new tax on income north of $1 million has […]

Gov. Maura Healey’s first state budget carries more weight than just its $55.5 billion price tag, the first-term Democrat said. In unveiling what she described as her “downpayment” on campaign trail promises during Wednesday’s big reveal, Healey said her budget will help to “build a strong economy, to create livable communities, and to put Massachusetts on the path towards […]

Freshman Gov. Maura Healey’s day of reckoning has arrived. The Cambridge Democrat makes her big reveal on how she plans to deliver on campaign-trail promises during her first year in office when she files her first state budget on Wednesday. Healey is expected to start the day by laying out the details of her plan to provide free […]

For the first time in 17 years, Salem voters are ready to select a new mayor to lead their city by the sea. And the competition is fierce. Five candidates are vying for the now-open seat: Steve Dibble, Neil Harrington, Stacia Kraft, Robert “Bob” McCarthy and Dominick Pangallo Longtime leader Kim Driscoll resigned from her post […]

Gov. Maura Healey puts her money where her mouth is this week when she reveals her much-anticipated inaugural state budget and accompanying tax relief plan. The two major spending proposals will be the first concrete steps by the two-month-old Healey administration toward delivering on campaign promises to make Massachusetts more affordable for strapped Bay Staters. […]

Seven weeks after lawmakers on Beacon Hill were sworn in to serve out their current terms, Boston is already gearing up for two special elections to replace lawmakers moving on to new jobs. West Roxbury Rep. Edward Coppinger, a Democrat, became the first member of the 193rd General Court to formally signal his intended departure, filing a […]

A long-awaited fleet of brand new Orange Line cars come with the promise of an eventual smoother, sleeker experience for T riders fed up with the struggles of a 120-year-old transit system, but one apparent squeaky wheel didn’t even make it onto the tracks before becoming another thorn in the side of commuters.  Just not in […]

Massachusetts housing advocates hangry for a drop in soaring prices, say a debate over rent control in Boston — where costs are among the nation’s most expensive — is slowly making the controversial policy “more palatable” on a statewide level. Voters banned rent control policies across the commonwealth in a 1994 referendum, but Cambridge Rep. Mike […]

Keller at Large Steve Kerrigan inherits a juggernaut when he soon heads the Massachusetts Democratic Party. But as our columnist reminds us, a potential political minefield awaits all the same with the risks inherent in one-party rule. MASSterList Today’s News Beacon Hill is finally ready to get down to business. Sure the legislative session opened a […]

Hello MASSterList readers! You might have noticed a new byline atop your favorite morning state politics newsletter. That would be me: Erin Tiernan.  My goal is to greet your inbox with the biggest headlines from across Beacon Hill every morning. I’m no stranger under the Golden Dome. While the world shut down at the height […]