Maura Healey

Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order Monday protecting access to medication abortion statewide, following a ruling by a federal judge in Texas which would restrict access to mifepristone, a medication that has long been used to end pregnancies.

When Governor-elect Maura Healey’s transition team announced in December the appointment of Lynn Schools Superintendent Patrick Tutwiler as the state’s new education secretary, the move signaled to some a break from trends that have dominated education policy for much of the last 30 years.

As Governor-elect Maura Healey begins assembling a new administration, activists in the Black and Latino community can think of one area where they’d like to see a change: diversity at the top.

With a new gubernatorial administration comes the promise of new priorities for state government, and with the passage of the so-called millionaires tax, the promise of funding to make things happen.

While partisans across the country anxiously awaited the results of Tuesday's elections, Massachusetts Democrats were celebrating a decisive, historic win for their party Tuesday night.

As election day draws closer, candidates are throwing their political weight behind ballot questions that will impact voters across the state.

Facing a Democratic opponent who has folded her campaign and two conservative Republicans, one of whom is backed by former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Maura Healey is widely seen as the likely winner in the Nov. 8 election for governor. Yet, on one of the hottest days of the year, Healey was stumping on Blue Hill Avenue with Andrea Campbell, who is in a three-way race for the soon-to-be vacated attorney general seat.

Thousands of protestors gathered at the Boston Common Saturday afternoon as part of a nationwide wave of demonstrations against efforts underway to restrict abortion rights.

Attorney General Maura Healey, a candidate for governor, toured Nubian Square last week, speaking to business owners about the challenges they have faced as the city bounces back from pandemic closures.

Attorney General Maura Healey, who is running for governor, met with Brockton-area residents at the Cape Verdean Association of Brockton, Monday.

Governor Charlie Baker announced today that he will not be seeking a third term, guaranteeing new leadership for the commonwealth in 2022.