A PROPOSAL TO help the Kraft family bring a professional soccer stadium to Everett went sideways last fall. Language paving the venue’s way was chopped from a supplemental budget bill before the budget landed on Gov. Maura Healey’s desk.

Supporters were undeterred, and state Sen. Sal DiDomenico, a key proponent, quickly filed a stand-alone bill with similar language. The language strips an Everett parcel of land, which sits along the Mystic River and includes a small slice of Boston, of its status as a “designated port area,” which would speed up its development into a 25,000-seat stadium and waterfront park.

But the bill has been stuck in legislative limbo for a month, apparently due to House lawmakers.

Senators moved to send DiDomenico’s bill to the Joint Committee on Economic Development. Typically, the House concurs in such a routine legislative maneuver. But, in a rare move, the House is sitting on the bill – and no one is saying why.

The Kraft Group, owners of the New England Revolution soccer team and the New England Patriots, has desperately sought a Boston-area stadium for the team, which currently plays at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. If the Kraft family gets its way, the stadium would be located  on the  43-acre polluted site, currently home to a shuttered power plant. The top House negotiator on last fall’s budget bill, Boston Rep. Aaron Michelwitz, told reporters then that there were still questions about process, about environmental impact, and highlighted the competition concerns from the owners of nearby TD Garden.

Along with its proponents in the Senate, the stadium also has the support of Gov. Maura Healey, who said in a statement last month to CommonWealth Beacon that she believes a stadium would “deliver an important economic development opportunity for the region and state.”

As for DiDomenico’s bill, it’s unclear who’s keeping proponents from scoring a committee assignment for the bill, a key part of the process for legislation. Requests for comment on the matter from House Speaker Ron Mariano’s office, and Rep. Jerald Parisella, the House chair of the Economic Development Committee, did not receive a response before Friday morning.

Push is on for I-90 Allston project funds

The Healey administration is putting the full-court press on to win a federal grant to help build the I-90 Allston interchange. Backers of the project, which straightens the Turnpike near BU and paves the way for redevelopment of a huge swath of land owned by Harvard, have long worried that the project is too far down the state’s priority list, particularly given the need to rebuild the Cape Cod bridges.

But the project is getting a big push from state and local leaders, who recently appeared on a video sent to federal officials extolling its potential to knit Allston and Brighton back together. The video, produced by the business group A Better City, features Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, US Rep. Ayanna Pressley, state Rep. Michael Moran of Brighton, and a number of business, environmental, and neighborhood advocates.

Healey gets the best line in the video. “It’s really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine the western gateway to Boston,” she says.

Goldberg pitches iLottery to lawmakers

At a major budget hearing this week, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg continued her years-long quest to win legislative support for an online Lottery. She says the Lottery needs to move online to compete against sports betting and provide more aid to cities and towns. “It pains me so to see private for-profit enterprises be able to steal  – I’m sorry, let me rephrase that – able to divert money away from what would help people in our local communities,” she said. “We know we can compete given the resources.”

Sen. John Keenan of Quincy said he worries about the targeting of young people, particularly since the iLottery would be open to anyone 18 and over, while sports betting at least limits access to those over 21. Goldberg didn’t seem inclined to raise the age limit, insisting the iLottery wouldn’t be targeting young people. She said everyone wants the convenience of online gambling. “We’re at a point now of 80-year-olds using their cell phones,” she said.