Gov. Maura Healey is drawing a hard line on ICE, demanding her GOP rivals denounce the agency after two fatal shootings. But will this mobilize the independent voters she needs in Mass. to clinch reelection? Read more on Axios. www.axios.com/local/boston...

The closely watched Mass. Senate primary took center stage today as Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Seth Moulton met for their first debate. The candidates traded barbs over age, personal finances, trans athletes and the state of the Democratic party. Here are the key takeaways www.axios.com/local/boston...

Mass. Dems are fractured over Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. Warren and Markey are all-in, Healey is "anyone but Collins," and Auchincloss calls him "personally disqualifying." It's a massive intra-party fight across state lines. www.axios.com/local/boston...

The state’s highest court just knocked the rent control question off the November ballot over a fatal drafting error. The ruling entirely upends the housing debate on Beacon Hill, freezing compromise talks now that the ballot threat is gone. Full breakdown: www.axios.com/local/boston...

Massachusetts voters are drawing a hard line on the post-pandemic workplace. A new Suffolk/Globe poll shows a massive 65% oppose mandatory return-to-office policies, while optimism around AI remains surprisingly high. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Gov. Maura Healey wants happy hour back in Mass., but the push to revive discounted drinks is hitting a wall. 🛑 House leaders and the restaurant industry itself are fighting to keep the 1984 ban in place. Here is why it's so hard to kill. www.axios.com/local/boston...

A showdown is brewing on Beacon Hill over your energy bills. ⚡️ The Mass. Senate just dropped a plan promising over $10B in savings over a decade—setting up a clash with the House over cuts to climate programs like Mass Save. Read the breakdown: www.axios.com/local/boston...

Gov. Maura Healey isn’t holding back on Trump’s threat to pull custom agents from Logan Airport, calling it "pretty stupid." With the World Cup weeks away, she insists federal immigration enforcement has zero business at the matches. ⚽✈️ Read more: www.axios.com/local/boston...

DiZoglio isn't buying the Senate's sudden willingness to hand over audit records. "The court is about to lay down the law," she said — and she's not done asking for more. www.axios.com/local/boston...

DiZoglio will narrow her legislative audit lawsuit to four document categories — but warns it's just the opening move. The concession clears the way for the SJC to finally rule on whether lawmakers are subject to her oversight. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Maura Healey is backing Barney Frank's dying message to Democrats. Frank, in hospice in Maine, is arguing the party must ditch progressive litmus tests on polarizing issues if it wants to win. Healey says she agrees. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Healey backs Barney Frank's Democratic warning. The governor calls the ailing congressman a personal role model and aligns with his push for pragmatic politics over progressive litmus tests. www.youtube.com/shorts/MkZFb...

Currently editing a video clip that includes the quote "you don't govern by soundbite" into a YouTube Short.

Celtics star Jaylen Brown's nonprofit could land $700K in taxpayer funds thanks to the Mass. House. #Mapoli www.axios.com/local/boston...

You know things are bad for media in Boston when the @apnews.com thinks the MBTA stands for the "Metro Boston Transit Authority." apnews.com/article/foxb...

Nearly five years after the Haymarket bus terminal closed, seven MBTA bus routes are still stuck on temporary stops, the subway head house is a construction site and no reopening date is in sight. Boston's most chaotic construction zone isn't done yet. www.axios.com/local/boston...

No, the MBTA is not expanding the Red Line to Lexington. Here's what to know about the April Fool's ads appearing at T stations. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Gov. Maura Healey is sounding the alarm that Donald Trump will try to interfere in the 2026 election, using some of Trump's favorite rhetoric that he will try to "steal" it. Read more: www.axios.com/local/boston...

If we can't have the World Cup matches in Foxborough, what other venue might be willing to host them? Wrong answers only.

Snappy response from the Holden town manager on AG Campbell's zoning lawsuit: "... we find solace in assuming that there must be a massive lack of crime or more serious legal matters for the Attorney General's office to be pursuing."

92-year-old former Gov. Michael Dukakis, never one to miss a State of the Commonwealth address, is on the House floor among the other dignitaries, albeit in a wheelchair. #MApoli

New SUV deliveries at ICE in Burlington? 🚙 Internal police discussions? 👮‍♂️ Boston is quietly rehearsing for a federal immigration surge. Read the breakdown: www.axios.com/local/boston...

We need a word for when menu prices go up so often they just get painted over.

This is the kind of out-of-context photo from the State House people usually go nuts for.

Healey claps back at Granite State critics: "New Hampshire doesn't have a GDP without Massachusetts" www.axios.com/local/boston...

New in Axios Boston: All of the Massachusetts politicians Larry Summers gave money to www.axios.com/local/boston...

This is the face Mayor Wu makes when she knows you're going to put a dumb caption on a photo of her.

Robert Kraft to sell minority stake in New England Patriots www.axios.com/2025/09/25/b... @danprimack.bsky.social

I've watched this so many times. I didn't know one special moment in time could sum up the state of the world so well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC32...

This is (probably) why your CarPlay device resets in the same place every time you drive there. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson will resign her office, according to a statement provided by her attorney. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Massachusetts is looking for its first official poet laureate. Qualifications may include: being a man from Nantucket. massculturalcouncil.org/artists-art/...

Someone seems to have gotten a little frisky with the sign outside Gillette Stadium. www.axios.com/local/boston...

What you could buy at Barbara Lynch's estate sale

Boston's nightmare: Rats with cars

When people started talking about "splitting the G" I thought it was some age-old Irish drinking lore I had somehow missed. But no, it seems like someone just made it up a few years ago. Sip slowly, friends.

A delegation of Mass. House members, including Speaker Ron Mariano, Majority Leader Mike Moran and W&M Chair Aaron Michlewitz are going to Cuba tomorrow to investigate health care, life sciences and climate resiliency. #MApoli

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton sets off a powderkeg to make a point about Democrats' ability to message and win. https://buff.ly/48ObbE0

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