STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ignored the warnings of Gov. Charlie Baker and overrode his veto Wednesday of legislation requiring a new Holyoke Soldiers’ Home to be built under […]
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Baker proposes 2-month, not 2-day, sales tax holiday
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH MASSACHUSETTS on track to end the year with a multi-billion dollar surplus, Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday proposed a two-month sales tax holiday that would […]
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Baker pitches fed aid spending deal to lawmakers
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN AN ATTEMPT to end the battle over who gets to spend nearly $5.2 billion in federal relief money, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday pitched a […]
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MassGOP drops plan targeting elected Republicans
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH MASSGOP Chairman Jim Lyons under fire from elected officials in his own party, the State Committee on Wednesday will no longer consider a proposal that […]
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Senate passes spending plan unanimously
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY passed a $47.7 billion budget for next year after three days of debate over how best to invest state resources as Massachusetts looks […]
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Auditor Bump will not seek reelection
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AUDITOR SUZANNE BUMP, a Democrat who began her Beacon Hill career in the 1980s and has worked in various public roles, said Tuesday she would not […]
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Baker proposes overhaul of licensing
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV.CHARLIE BAKER filed legislation Wednesday to overhaul the state’s professional licensing operations, proposing to transfer 13 boards to the Department of Public Health and to give […]
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Baker doesn’t budge (yet) on masks
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASKS WILL STILL be required for now in all indoor public places, at all events, and outdoors when social distancing is not possible in Massachusetts, despite […]
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Census: Mass. population grows 7.4% over decade
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS GREW by enough people over the past decade to keep all nine US House seats as the state’s population climbed to more than 7 million […]
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Senator invites Duxbury football team to meet with him
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ON THE SAME DAY Duxbury High School fired its head football coach, state Sen. Barry Finegold invited the varsity team to meet with him, as someone […]
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Spilka to Baker: Get teachers vaccinated
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH THE STATE expecting to see its supply of COVID-19 vaccine increase over the coming weeks, Senate President Karen Spilka on Tuesday said Gov. Charlie Baker […]
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Warren seeks 2% tax on those worth $50m
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ARGUING THAT THE wealth of billionaires has grown over the course of the pandemic, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday introduced legislation in Congress to tax […]
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Santiago jumps into Boston mayor’s race
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE JON SANTIAGO, Â a second-term state lawmaker and emergency room doctor from Boston’s South End, is entering the race to succeed Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, joining a […]
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Mariano names Cronin as his No. 2
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE SPEAKER Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the […]
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Lawmakers creating more paid leadership positions
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE CREATION of three new legislative committees to focus on the state’s COVID-19 response, racial equality and cybersecurity will come at a cost of $137,672 to […]
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Baker amends police reform bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER plans to return to the Legislature landmark legislation that would impose new accountability standards on police, proposing a handful of amendments Thursday that […]
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Poll shows little support for MBTA service cuts
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A MAJORITY of Massachusetts residents believe that if the MBTA sharply cuts back on services to balance its budget next year those commuting options will not […]
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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 […]
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State GOP leaders form PAC to back local candidates
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH VOTING SET to end in Massachusetts in 22 days, three prominent state Republicans announced on Tuesday that they had formed a political action committee to […]
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Senate leader sees $5b revenue downturn
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DESPITE SIGNS that the state’s finances have not completely cratered during the pandemic, the Senate’s top budget official said this week he anticipates tax collections in […]
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Anonymous email stirs emotions in Senate race
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ON A TUESDAY EVENING two weeks ago, a lengthy email landed in the inboxes of Democratic Party officials around the state from someone claiming to be […]
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Craft brewers, wholesalers strike distribution deal
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CRAFT BREWERSÂ AND the state’s beer wholesalers have reached a deal that would resolve a decade-long dispute over distribution rights centered around when a brewer can sever […]
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Senate passes police reform bill in marathon session
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SENATE OVERCAME a difficult rollout and several false starts to pass a far-reaching reform of policing in Massachusetts on Tuesday that would ban chokeholds, limit […]
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Senate deliberations on policing reform bill stall
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A FAR-REACHING proposal to enhance oversight of police officers and ban the use of certain types of force hit a bump on Thursday when Senate Republicans […]