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Dean Serpa and Scott Conway of Gov. Charlie Baker's office spent time Friday preparing for the arrival Sunday of New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers. Massachusetts is hosting this year's conference for the northeast state and province leaders. Private events are planned Sunday at the
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When the Department of Revenue emphasized in early August that state tax collections in July exceeded benchmarks it did not mention that the monthly benchmark had been lowered. Gov. Charlie Baker and Democratic legislative leaders spent the spring ripping up and rewriting budget plans because tax collections month after month
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STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a conservative non-profit that has established itself as a foil to Democratic lawmakers on Beacon Hill, believes the new organization formed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to carry on the ideals of his presidential campaign may be violating state campaign finance law. Our Revolution,
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STATE HOUSE — MBTA janitors and their supporters protested planned layoffs Thursday, occupying the lobby and hallway outside Gov. Charlie Baker's office and filling the State House with the sound of chanting and singing on an otherwise quiet August day. "Everybody's for running a system efficiently,
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STATE HOUSE — Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Sen. Karen Spilka, and Rep. Elizabeth Malia will be among the honorees at this year's Abigail Adams Awards, the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus announced Wednesday. The women's civic engagement group is preparing for its 29th annual tribute to
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Recent Massachusetts high school graduates had the highest average score on the annual ACT test, a benchmark for their college and career readiness, according to test results released Wednesday. Massachusetts high school seniors in the class of 2016 scored an average composite score of 24.8 out of a possible
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David Lowy and Kimberly Budd were officially sworn in as justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in a private ceremony Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Charlie Baker's office said. The private swearing-in was attended by the new justices' families, SJC Justices Geraldine Hines and Margot Botsford, retired SJC
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STATE HOUSE — The Obama administration on Wednesday challenged a federal court ruling that would strip the Mashpee Wampanoag of its tribal land in southeastern Massachusetts, according to the tribe, reigniting hope for the future of the tribe's planned casino in Taunton. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council Chairman Cedric Cromwell