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STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker wants to give the MBTA a freer hand in raising fares, sending back to the Legislature a budgetary provision that would have imposed stricter limits on raising rider revenue. The budget provision is intended to limit fare hikes, allowing the T to increase the cost
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The four ballot question that will be placed before voters in November got their official numbers on Monday, markers that will soon show up in ads and on lawn signs across the state. Secretary of State William Galvin said the campaigns behind the four initiative petitions filed more than the
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STATE HOUSE — With 20 days remaining until the end of formal legislative sessions, Beacon Hill leaders are turning their attention to six major pieces of legislation, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday. After meeting with House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, Baker said the three discussed "the
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STATE HOUSE — A disappointed Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said Monday that Gov. Charlie Baker delivered "too many" spending vetoes, although it will be up to the House to decide which budget spending to attempt to restore through override efforts. The Senate will be "very busy" figuring
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A former top aide to Rep. Garrett Bradley hopes to take advantage of the Hingham Democrat's sudden announcement that he'll depart the Legislature. Stephen Burm, also a Hingham Democrat, plans to run as a write-in candidate in the Sept. 8 primary, he told the News Service
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After attending three straight Republican national conventions, House Majority Leader Brad Jones does not plan to visit Cleveland next week for the 2016 convention, and he's not alone among GOP lawmakers. Only three of the 34 House Republicans plan to attend the convention and none of the Senate&
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BOSTON — At a press conference Friday attended by some of the most powerful state politicians allied against marijuana legalization, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said he ignored his staff's advice to keep mum on his opposition to the ballot referendum. "Sometimes I may take my time in terms
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Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday afternoon signed into law legislation to guarantee access to public facilities, including sex-segregated bathrooms and locker rooms based on their self-selected gender identity. "No one should be discriminated against in Massachusetts because of their gender identity," Baker said in a statement announcing he&