Sam Drysdale State agencies will no longer specify a minimum level of education when they look to hire new employees, under an executive order Gov. Maura...
By Sam Drysdale Despite about one-fifth of Massachusetts students being deemed “chronically absent” from schools, the state board of education rejected a proposal on Monday to...
Chris Lisinski JAN. 22, 2024…..Hoping to find success seven years into their campaign, supporters of a bill that would limit the cooperation between local law enforcement...
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 18, 2024…..Senators moved as a unit on Thursday, unanimously passing a trio of bills early in the busy seven-month stretch...
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 18, 2024…..Over the last two weeks, Massachusetts has spent about $30 million on its emergency shelter system, which continues to...
Colin A. Young The steady expansion of gambling in Massachusetts opened a new and steady revenue stream for Beacon Hill, and Gov. Maura Healey, a onetime...
Colin A. Young BOSTON, MA – Sentencing 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds to serve a life term without the possibility of parole violates the prohibition against cruel...
Sam Doran Around 30 members of the Lift Our Kids coalition rallied on the Beacon Street sidewalk Thursday, calling on Gov. Maura Healey to rescind her...
Sam Drysdale STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 10, 2024…..”Keep your eyes peeled,” for free community college funding in the Senate’s version of the fiscal year 2025 budget,...
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 8, 2024…..Gov. Maura Healey and her budget team hit the reset button Monday, announcing a plan to cut $375 million from the...
