STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WHEN CANADA NEGOTIATED a new trade agreement with Europe several years ago, Vince Mortillaro, the owner of Mortillaro Lobster in Gloucester, made a business decision. No […]
Matt Murphy
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Gender X bill backers seek House vote
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NEXT YEAR, Ryley Copans plans to get married. But Copans, 25, who uses the pronoun they, said they have a lingering worry that the state marriage license […]
Posted inPolitics
Markey challenger backs repealing Second Amendment
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER DEADLY MASS shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend, Democratic US Senate candidate Shannon Liss-Riordan went beyond the usual demands for gun control on […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker, citing privacy concerns, vetoes Janus bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER vetoed a bill Friday that would allow unions to charge non-union employees fees for representing them in certain labor disputes, challenging the House […]
Posted inHealth Care, State House News Service
Healey, Baker respond to Purdue in joint letter
THREE WEEKS AFTER the chairman of Purdue Pharma argued in the pages of the Wall Street Journal against states suing his company to hold it responsible for the opioid crisis, […]
Posted inPolitics
Abortion access bill draws big crowds to State House
IT’S BEEN HELD up as a bulwark against the conservative forces determined to overturn Roe V. Wade and decried as an opening to legalized “infanticide.” Supporters of the bill say […]
Posted inPolitics
Unions look for another win with Janus bill
HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DeLEO will bring a bill to the floor for a vote this week that would allow unions to charge non-members fees for certain services, a response to […]
Posted inEducation
Meehan talks tuition freeze with Spilka
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER ACCUSING SENATE leaders of blindsiding university officials with a budget proposal to freeze tuition and fees next year, UMass President Marty Meehan met with Senate […]
Posted inPolitics
Campaign finance regulator closes ‘union loophole’
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE UNIONS AND NON-PROFITS will be limited to contributing $1,000 a year to a candidate for public office starting next month after the Office of Campaign and […]
Posted inTransportation
Baker: New taxes not needed to address congestion
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FACING BLAME from Democrats for mounting public frustration with clogged roads and public transit problems, Gov. Charlie Baker touted his administration’s plan to pour more money […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Baker aide raises concerns about DA’s memo
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S top public safety official has asked new Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins to reconsider some of the controversial policies she rolled out […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
McMurtry cleared in backside touch charge
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A SPECIAL COMMITTEE investigating whether Rep. Paul McMurtry violated the House sexual harassment policy concluded in a report Wednesday that there was “insufficient evidence” to support […]
Posted inEducation
Meehan cites looming demographic crisis
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS President Marty Meehan laid out a plan on Monday to create a new “online college” for adult students that he said could become […]
Posted inEconomy
Baker renews call for housing bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER doubled down Wednesday on legislation to make it easier for cities and towns to relax zoning restrictions to facilitate the construction of new […]
Posted inEnvironment
Spilka: Addressing climate change top priority
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SENATE PRESIDENT KAREN SPILKA told a room full of environmental advocates on Wednesday that nothing the Legislature does in the next two years will be as […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker facing pressure on flame retardant bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER is facing mounting pressure to sign a bill that would ban the use of certain toxic flame retardant chemicals in many products as […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Lawmaker salaries going up 5.9%
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TWO YEARS AFTER legislators ignited an uproar by voting through a generous package of pay raises for themselves and other public officials, the salaries for top […]
Posted inPolitics
Lawmakers reach short-term rental agreement
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH THE CLOCK TICKING on the end of the two-year session, House and Senate leaders finalized a deal Thursday to tax and regulate short-term housing rentals […]
Posted inEconomy
Union to offer Grid a counterproposal
STATE HOUSE NEWS NATIONAL GRID and representatives of its more than 1,200 locked-out gas workers plan to meet for more contract talks on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. “The union […]
Posted inPolitics
Dempsey starts own lobbying business
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR after ending his legislative career for a high-profile lobbying job at ML Strategies, Brian Dempsey has left the Boston firm […]
Posted inEconomy
State tallies up costs of N. Grid lockout
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE FOUR-MONTH LOCKOUT by National Grid of more than 1,200 union gas workers has cost the state millions in lost tax revenue and triggered more than […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics, State House News Service
Lawmakers revive bill to pressure National Grid
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE HOUSE APPEARS ready to begin ratcheting up the pressure on National Grid to end its lockout of more 1,250 union gas workers, reviving a three-month-old […]
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service
N. Grid spending stable, but hookups, leak repairs down
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER LOCKING OUT roughly 1,200 union gas workers in late June, National Grid has spent about the same amount money as in previous years on labor, […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
SJC dismisses thousands more drug cases
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THOUSANDS MORE drug convictions tied to testing done by criminal chemist Sonja Farak and the former state drug lab in Amherst will be dismissed after the […]