STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DURING ITS FIRST session of the final month of serious legislating, the Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday released and passed a bill further extending some pandemic-era policies. […]
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Wu wants to test electric school buses
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON WILL ROLL in a small number of electric school buses next school year in a pilot program geared toward fully electrifying the city’s fleet in […]
Posted inPolitics
Senate Dems move Rollins nomination forward
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DEMOCRATS IN THE US SENATE took a major step forward toward confirmation of Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins to become the next top federal prosecutor […]
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Lawmakers don’t get ARPA spending bill done
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE HOUSE AND SENATE will go into their mid-session recess without finalizing a plan to spend close to $4 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding and […]
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Mariano intends to run for speaker again
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS CANDIDATES START to shift into campaign mode for 2022, House Speaker Ronald Mariano said Monday that he intends to stick around for another term in […]
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IRS says Rep. Linsky owes $154,000 in taxes
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE INTERNAL REVENUE Service has filed a hefty lien against a state representative for nonpayment of taxes, but the lawmaker said Tuesday that he has already […]
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House set to debate rules, extend emergency
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ALL HOUSE SESSIONS would permanently be livestreamed, committee chairs would have discretion to hold hybrid-format hearings, and published committee votes would not require the disclosure of […]
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House crushes transparency rules amendment
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE LAWMAKERS spent over an hour locked in a tense debate Wednesday afternoon on an unsuccessful transparency amendment to the Legislature’s 2021-2022 joint rules before ultimately adopting […]
Posted inEconomy
Added unemployment benefits pass swiftly
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS MANY AS 17,000 unemployed Massachusetts residents could become eligible for thousands of dollars in additional unemployment benefits under legislation that swept through the House and […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Postal inspectors probing mailbox incident involving governor’s council member
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE US POSTAL INSPECTORS are investigating a summertime incident in which a member of the Governor’s Council allegedly fiddled with a piece of mail in a neighbor’s […]
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Senate OKs bill expanding voting options
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SENATE PASSED expanded vote-by-mail legislation Tuesday that would allow voters to avoid the polls, but still participate, during the upcoming primaries and general election if […]
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Scaccia, Naughton leaving the House
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE REPS. ANGELO SCACCIA of Readville and Harold Naughton of Clinton announced they will not seek re-election this year, joining a large number of other lawmakers who […]
