The state is counting on collecting slightly more personal income tax this year than last. But it is not on track to do so.
Despite a recent rise in the rate, which points to more confidence in the economy, the number suggests the recovery is unfinished.
Social scientists are discovering that men who take leave and other time off work for child care pay a price, just as working mothers do.
The Roman Catholic Church’s claim on the region is lessening as a younger generation turns to Protestantism, a Pew study found.
The gap is slowly closing between the two sides in a coming debate over Internet regulation.
It’s common for laws to be structured in ways that might not be very efficient but sound good for political consumption.
People are doubtful about the safety of their personal information online or on cellphones. Yet it does not necessarily change their behavior, according to a new poll.
Wellesley's net-price calculator is simpler than the typical one. As a result, most students who start using it finish the process, in a few minutes.
Enthusiasm for President Obama brought out younger and nonwhite voters in 2008 and 2012, but demographic changes are set to have the same effect.
A new paper argues that the wide adoption of smartphones, along with the distractions caused by them, has led to more playground injuries.
The lack of income growth has become a defining national issue and is hurting Democrats.
Of the 10 House Democrats who have joined the G.O.P. most often in attempts to change or repeal the health care law, two will remain in the new Congress.
With a large majority and structural advantages, Republicans could keep the House for a generation, frustrating every major Democratic policy priority.
President Obama has thrown his support behind the idea that Internet access is more like access to electricity than to cable TV.
Government inspection reports about limited access to Medicaid tell a different story than surveys of actual patients.
Republicans still need to solve their long-term demographic problems, but their success in the midterms was not simply because of low turnout among Democrats.
The national party champions ride sharing, but officials at the state and local level often defend anticompetitive restrictions on businesses.
Data from Facebook provides insight into where the sport’s biggest fans live.
If developed economies are to keep thriving, they’ll need more people. Two paths to that goal are immigration reform and family-friendly working conditions.