With most lawmakers on hiatus from Beacon Hill, spending time in their districts or working on their reelection campaigns, a skeleton crew convened Thursday in the House and Senate where bills allocating local liquor licenses were flowing like beers at the Cask 'n Flagon before a Red Sox game.
The Senate on Thursday engrossed a bill to authorize Acton to issue 22 new liquor licenses and another to allow Westborough to grant eight new licenses. The Legislature also advanced bills to allow Fairhaven, Foxborough, Salem, Tisbury, Huntington and Beverly to issue new liquor licenses.
Gov. Charlie Baker told reporters Thursday that he learned about an alleged retribution case within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs around 10 days ago, but an aide later said the governor misspoke about the timeline.
"We were made aware of the allegations about 10 days ago and told EEA they needed to conduct an investigation with oversight and input from our legal office," Baker said. "And the allegations are extremely troubling and we want to see what comes out of that investigation."
