Editorial coverage from the Massachusetts USA Wire newsroom.
CANNABIS REGULATORS ARE EYEING rules to eliminate residency requirements for purchasing medical marijuana in an attempt to make the product easier for out-of-state patients to buy.
WE GET IT: achieving a strong-enough understanding to feel confident voting on nine ballot questions is a tall task. Making it easier is the animating principle of much of our coverage since campaigns launched more than a year ago.
Gov. Maura Healey’s moves, including tapping Phl Eng as general manager of the MBTA and transportation secretary, have helped put public transit on a positive trajectory. (Photo via Flickr by Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office)
Noemy Rodriguez is one of more than 800,000 utility customers in Massachusetts struggling with overdue energy bills.
The Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, a Roman Catholic church, in Mission Hill, Boston on Dec. 10, 2025. (Maria Pemberton / CommonWealth Beacon)
A polling location in Ward 19 on Massachusetts’s primary day, 2026.
Gas prices are displayed at a station near Boston University. (Jordan Wolman/CommonWealth Beacon)
(Illustration via Pixabay by Mickey Mikolas)
Officials on Beacon Hill are navigating the challenges of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions while confronting high energy costs.
The Holyoke Community College campus center.