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...
By Chris Van Buskirk A proposed program seeks to fund locally designed alternative emergency response programs that would dispatch behavioral and mental health professionals to non-violent...
By Colin A. Young JAN. 27, 2022…..The Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy is polling its members on legislation that appears to address the persistent issues with...
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 26, 2022…..[Developing] The $48.5 billion budget Gov. Charlie Baker is proposing for fiscal 2023 pairs a modest increase in...
By Katie Lannan The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education agreed Tuesday to phase out two of the MCAS science exams currently offered to high...
