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STATE HOUSE — With new regulations on overtime for personal care attendants now in effect, advocates gathered outside Gov. Charlie Baker's office Thursday to protest the changes they said could make it harder for people with disabilities to live independently. Thursday marked the beginning of an eight-week transition period
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A Republican group is calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to fire two employees who used state resources to throw a private party on July 3 in Boston. DCR Commissioner Leo Roy and Deputy Commissioner Matthew Sisk will be suspended without pay next week for using taxpayer money on a private
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STATE HOUSE — When a transgender rights law kicks into effect Oct. 1 businesses should presume people are using the appropriate bathroom, but may inquire into people's gender identities when there is legitimate reason to believe they are using the wrong restroom, according to draft guidance Attorney General Maura
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STATE HOUSE — Less than a month after Gov. Charlie Baker signed significant new clean energy legislation, 29 candidates for state office – including eight Democratic lawmakers – have taken a pledge to reject campaign money from 10 major energy corporations. The pledge, which has been made available to candidates seeking all 200
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WBUR and The Boston Globe are teaming up with UMass-Boston to host a series of live debates starting in September to explore the four ballot questions that voters will be asked to decide in November relating to charter schools, legal marijuana, slot gambling and the treatment of farm animals. The
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The campaign supporting a ballot question to allow additional charter schools in Massachusetts on Tuesday launched a new television ad aimed at highlighting the successes of charter schools and the options they provide parents. The 30-second spot, paid for by Great Schools Massachusetts, quotes a Boston Globe editorial calling charter
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BOSTON — Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who publicly said he wished he could challenge a Maine lawmaker to a duel, has a less belligerent reputation among his peers from New England and eastern Canada. "He didn't challenge me to a duel," Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, a Democrat,
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An academic's ideas about what the future might hold inspired Gov. Charlie Baker to invite him to speak to Canadian premiers and New England governors. Speaking to the international assembly in Boston on Monday, MIT School of Engineering Dean Ian Waitz said in two decades or more the