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...
By Katie Lannan JAN. 24, 2022…..When state education officials earlier this month announced the extension of masking requirements in K-12 schools, they also quietly tucked in...
By Chris Lisinski With state tax revenues continuing to blow past projections, municipal leaders said Friday they are disappointed in Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito’s forecast that...
