Chris Lisinski After Democrats rebuffed an earlier attempt and Gov. Charlie Baker signaled his disinterest in suspending the state’s gas tax, Massachusetts Republicans are preparing to...
Colin A. Young The Massachusetts unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent in January, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Monday, nearly a full...
By Chris Van Buskirk Amy Baxter’s daughter had wanted a dog since she was in preschool. When COVID hit and Baxter’s daughter was in eighth grade,...
By Katie Lannan State House News Service A $1.6 billion spending bill passed the Massachusetts House unanimously on Wednesday after representatives shot down a Republican bid...
By Matt Murphy A Republican-led effort to divest state pension holdings from companies with business interests in Russia fell flat in the House on Wednesday where...
By Colin A. Young MARCH 9, 2022…..Almost exactly two years to the day that the coronavirus pandemic was declared an emergency in Massachusetts, the state’s top...
By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 8, 2022…..President Joe Biden banned the import of Russian oil, natural gas and coal Tuesday, an action that...
By Michael P. Norton MARCH 7, 2022…..State officials are seeing an increase in pediatric exposure to cannabis products, and there is an effort afoot to respond...
By Matt Murphy Massachusetts Republicans are at risk for the first time since 2013 of not controlling a single statewide elected office next year, but the...
By Colin A. Young Two people were arrested and about a half-dozen others were denied entry to the State House early Tuesday afternoon when a small...
