Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The proposal would limit the annual rent increase for residential units in Massachusetts to the increase of the Consumer Price ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Voters will not be asked next year whether Massachusetts should revive local-option rent control after organizers working on a 2024 ballot question suspended their campaign late Friday ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – In the wake of the Trump administration’s rollback of tobacco prevention efforts, researchers are calling on state lawmakers to boost funding to help curb tobacco use. In its annual ...

A coalition of housing groups plans to pursue a ballot question next year that would limit annual rent increases in Massachusetts to no more than 5%, a policy supporters argue is a “moderate” form of ...

A campaign to place a rent control question on the 2024 ballot has failed, as it faced a near impossible task of collecting the required amount of signatures within the next two weeks. The initiative ...

Massachusetts mayors have their red ink ready for a statewide rent control ballot measure after a study found the initiative would eliminate $300 billion in property values, as supporters call it a ...

The proposed cap would limit rent increases in Massachusetts to the increase of the consumer price index or 5%, whichever is ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...