A new report identifies Pittsfield as one of the state’s most reliable “signal cities,” communities where economic changes tend to emerge before spreading across the region.

Donald Trump's extraordinary national political comeback in Tuesday's election did not include winning Massachusetts, but there were signs of his momentum in dozens of Bay State communities.

Four years ago, Biden and Trump were separated in some Massachusetts communities by just a handful of votes.

Massachusetts town official warns resident projecting political signs onto the town's municipal water tower to stop or face fines.

Blatant political gerrymandering occurs in cities across the country, many of them run by Democrats. In Los Angeles, a scandal over a racist recording was only the tip of the iceberg.

Berkshire County is in line to lose a Massachusetts statehouse seat, according to proposed new district maps released Tuesday. The draft plan is already having ripple effects in Western ...

A coalition of advocacy groups is proposing sweeping changes to Massachusetts’ political landscape, offering a map that would significantly increase the number of state legislative districts ...

Green also said the majority of district maps that wind up getting litigated in the courts relate to state legislative and Congressional districts, not local seats such as town meeting members.

Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration released a color-coded map of Massachusetts cities and towns Tuesday, showing that 33 communities have COVID-19 rates above a widely used benchmark indicating ...

The problem, of course, is that the towns of Dana, Enfield, and Prescott don’t exist in anyone’s Massachusetts: The towns are located at the bottom of the present-day Quabbin Reservoir.

Of the 351 communities in Massachusetts, 78 have per-capita political donation figures in excess of the statewide average, suggesting contributions are disproportionately coming from wealthy donors.

Mass. lawmakers released a new map of legislative districts that doubles the number that are ‘‘majority-minority,’’ reflecting the state’s growing racial diversity.