STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE ELIMINATION OF WEEKEND COMMUTER rail service will no longer be considered an option to close the MBTA’s looming budget deficit after Gov. Charlie Baker on […]
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Pro-pot Jehlen to head marijuana panel
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A PRO-LEGALIZATION SENATOR will lead the Senate’s effort to make changes to the marijuana ballot law after Senate President Stanley tapped Somerville Sen. Patricia Jehlen to […]
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Legislative income inequality
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NOW THAT PAY RAISES for lawmakers have been finalized, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Stanley Rosenberg will soon dole out the lucrative leadership and […]
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Baker to veto pay raise
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOURS AFTER FORMALLY RECEIVING their plan, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday afternoon informed legislative Democrats that he intends to veto a controversial package of pay raises […]
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Baker pushes health cost controls
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE COMPANIES THAT DO NOT OFFER their employees health insurance would pay a $2,000 annual assessment per full-time worker to the state under a plan Gov. Charlie […]
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Baker to tax short-term rentals
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Gov. Charlie Baker intends to include in his budget due later this month a proposal that would tax short-term rentals offered through online portals like Airbnb […]
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Ortiz stepping down early
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE U.S. ATTORNEY Carmen Ortiz, the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as the top federal prosecutor in the district of Massachusetts, will leave her post […]
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Price commision weighs impacts of tiered health plans
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE INCREASING THE POPULARITY of tiered health insurance plans could help drive down total medical spending, industry leaders agreed Tuesday, but hospitals and insurers aren’t necessarily on […]
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Baker, nervous about budget, cuts $98m
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LURCHING FROM ONE BUDGET PROBLEM to another, Gov. Charlie Baker moved Tuesday to cut $98 million from the $39.25 billion state budget in an effort to […]
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Warren backs one-time rival Brown for VA post
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE EVER SINCE SHE beat him in 2012, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren has used former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown as her go-to punching bag for laugh lines […]
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Healey slams Baker on Trump appointment
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY, who campaigned vigorously for Democrat Hillary Clinton, took umbrage Wednesday with Gov. Charlie Baker’s reaction to the appointment by President-elect Donald Trump of Steve Bannon to […]
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Baker projects $295m deficit for this year
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CONTINUING TO CHASE after state budget solutions, Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration on Friday identified what it sees as a $295 million deficit in the $39.25 billion […]
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Kerrigan lists backers for Dem post
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The Democratic Party’s last nominee for lieutenant governor, Stephen Kerrigan, has moved aggressively in the past few days to project the image of a front-runner to […]
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Pot campaign bashed for appeal
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A FUNDRAISING APPEAL from the marijuana legalization campaign has drawn the ire of health care professionals and parents of children who died from opioid addiction after […]
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LePage: Drugs in Maine come from Lowell, Lawrence
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MAINE GOV. PAUL LEPAGE, a second-term Republican who has become a lightning rod in the debate over drugs and race, did not shy away Monday from […]
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Sanders group accused of breaking law
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MASSACHUSETTS FISCAL ALLIANCE, a conservative non-profit that has established itself as a foil to Democratic lawmakers on Beacon Hill, believes the new organization formed by […]
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Feds: Reconsider Mashpee Wampanoag ruling
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION on Wednesday sought reconsideration of a federal court ruling that would strip the Mashpee Wampanoag of its tribal land in southeastern Massachusetts, according […]
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Mass. mayors back AG on assault weapons
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY faced a barrage of criticism in the weeks following her announcement of stepped up enforcement of the state’s assault weapons ban, but […]
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Jay Ash seeking Cambridge job
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S chief economic development advisor Jay Ash has applied to become the next city manager of Cambridge, potentially making him the first major exit […]
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Baker to nix VMT pilot bid
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WHEN GOV. CHARLIE BAKER signs a highway and small bridge repair funding bill on Wednesday, the Republican governor plans to nix a proposed pilot program to […]
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House, Senate lawmakers trade fire
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE HOUSE AND SENATE may be done trading major policy proposals for the year, but the back-and-forth between members of both branches is only heating up. […]
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Fentanyl fuels rise in opioid deaths
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FENTANYL HELPED FUEL an increase in opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts over the first six months of the year, according to state public health officials whose […]
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Uber, Lyft regulations approved
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A LATE-NIGHT DEAL struck between House and Senate lawmakers to regulate app-based ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft would not ban those services from operating at […]
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Naughton slams Healey on gun rule
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The House’s point person on public safety issues is questioning Attorney General Maura Healey’s recent action to crack down on the sale of copycat assault weapons in […]