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Governor Baker punctuates formal session’s end by signing clean energy bill
By Colin A. Young AUG. 11, 2022…..Gov. Charlie Baker was able to overcome his agita and on Thursday signed the…
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Baker acts on 17 bills including signing of sports betting, mental health bills
By Colin A. Young AUG. 10, 2022…..More than four years after the U.S. Supreme Court said that states could legalize…
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Sales tax cut features in Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Doughty tax relief plan
By Sam Doran STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, AUG. 9, 2022…..Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Doughty unveiled a tax reform plan Tuesday that…
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Fed climate bill could fuel greening of Massachusetts economy
By Chris Lisinski AUG. 8, 2022…..Elected officials and environmental activists are still waiting to see what Gov. Charlie Baker will…
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Nearly 2,000 Massachusetts police officers yet to secure three-year certification in first round of recertification
Chris Lisinski Eight more Massachusetts police officers did not earn recertification from the state’s police oversight panel, pushing the total…
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Governor Charlie Baker signs 10 bills into law, spikes prison construction moratorium
Chris Lisinski and Sam Doran Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday afternoon spiked a prison and jail construction moratorium section from…
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Vice President Kamala Harris making visit to Massachusetts
Colin A. Young Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Thursday with Massachusetts state legislators and local leaders in Boston to…
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Massachusetts lawmakers agree on sports betting and mental health access, retreat on economic development bill
By Colin A. Young and Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, AUG. 1, 2022…..House and Senate negotiators struck early morning…
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Massachusetts bill concerning threats or dangerous activity at schools hits Beacon Hill
Colin A. Young The Senate could in the coming days take up a freshly rewritten bill to create a statewide…
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House Speaker Mariano mulling changes to 1986 Massachusetts tax relief law
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 29, 2022…..With Democrats heading into the weekend scrambling for a path forward on…
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