Matt Murphy The union representing State Police troopers lost its appeal challenging Gov. Charlie Baker’s implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all state employees, exhausting...
By Katie Lannan FEB. 10, 2022…..A bill tackling prescription drug costs and access easily cleared the Senate on Thursday, though it now faces an uncertain path...
Chris Van Buskirk and Matt Murphy A small group of protesters made their way inside the publicly closed State House Wednesday morning, demanding that the building...
By Matt Murphy Gov. Charlie Baker last fall impressed on lawmakers the importance of acting to prevent driving under the influence of marijuana, but for the...
Katie Lannan Two East Coast states on Monday attached end dates to their school mask mandates, spelling out timelines that Gov. Charlie Baker described as “pretty...
Meg McIntyre With the fiscal year halfway over, state revenue from the marijuana excise tax is outpacing revenue from alcohol. As of December, the state had...
By Katie Lannan FEB. 3, 2022….A bill targeting drug costs that the Senate plans to take up next week would cap the cost of insulin at...
Matt Murphy Lowell native and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has joined Republican Geoff Diehl’s campaign for governor as a senior advisor, the GOP candidate...
By Chris Van Buskirk STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 2, 2022…..Personal use of controlled substances like heroin or cocaine would be decriminalized and access to in-patient substance...
By Matt Murphy The state’s mostly successful experiment with voting-by-mail during the COVID-19 pandemic would become a permanent option for voters in future elections, but House...
