Massachusetts Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier

A decade ago, voters in Massachusetts approved the legalization of recreational marijuana sales and cultivation, spurring a $1.65 billion industry. Now, a measure on the ballot this November could repeal that legalization. But, as WAMC reports, the tactics of the group behind the ballot initiative have been called into question.

Berkshire County residents and elected officials are reacting to Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

The Massachusetts state budget is due on Monday, but Berkshire County legislators are expecting it to once again be delivered late.

As Massachusetts Democrats continue to feud over an audit of the legislature, Berkshire County politicians are weighing in.

Western Massachusetts legislators are gearing up to debate the $58 billion House draft of the 2025 state budget.

Berkshire County legislators are reacting to news that the delegation’s dean will not seek re-election this year.

Berkshire County politicians are reacting to Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s 2025 budget proposal.

Over the course of 2023, debate raged over the merits and shortcomings of the first tax cuts in Massachusetts in over 20 years.

The Democratic state representative who serves Berkshire County’s largest community in the Massachusetts state House is looking back over 2023 and forward into the new year.

The 2024 Massachusetts budget omits both funding for West-East rail and a tax relief plan, but legislators say they aren’t concerned about the fate of either project.