STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With just two senators present, the Senate on Monday morning approved a bill that food stores in Massachusetts have been pressing unsuccessfully for a decade. Under […]
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Posted inTransportation
Hurdles face ferry transfer plan
In addition to a cool reaction from a top Patrick administration official, a key aspect of the House’s plan to rescue the MBTA from its fiscal crisis is getting a […]
Posted inPolitics
DeLeo benches Murphy during tense caucus
House Majority Whip Charles Murphy resigned today from his leadership post moments before he was about to be removed from that position by House Speaker Robert DeLeo, who elevated three […]
Posted inPolitics
Olver alters math of redistricting
Congressman John Olver of Amherst plans to retire at the end of the current session, the 11th term Democrat announced Wednesday, altering the dynamics facing state lawmakers as they look […]
Posted inHealth Care
State workers embrace lower-cost health plans
Ninety-nine percent of active state employees have re-enrolled in health plans under an initiative state officials predict will save more than $20 million this year as more employees agree to […]
