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STATE HOUSE — Massachusetts Comptroller Thomas Shack is poised to give anyone interested the opportunity to take a closer look at the digital innards of state government with a new transparency website aptly called CTHRU. Rather than going the traditional procurement route, Shack has taken the innovation vibe and run with
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BOSTON — Disturbed by recent arrests involving Uber drivers accused of assaulting passengers, Sen. Linda Dorcena-Forry, who backed an unsuccessful effort to fingerprint drivers of app-based ride-hailing services, predicts lawmakers will need to return to the issue next session and did not rule out filing a new bill of her own.
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After weeks of vocal appeals to Gov. Charlie Baker, the union representing laid-off MBTA janitors has seized on a new target and venue. 32BJ SEIU, the union, announced Thursday evening it has filed unfair labor practice charges against the janitors' two employers S.J. Services and ABM with the
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BOSTON — The list of guests invited to the July 3 bash thrown by two top Department of Conservation and Recreation officials using state resources is a veritable who's who of the executive branch and the state Republican Party — including cabinet secretaries, department heads, senior advisors and political big
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STATE HOUSE — 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 the group pitched legal marijuana as an alternative to prescription pain drugs in spite of the state's medical marijuana program.
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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