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STATE HOUSE — An attempt to make it easier for veterans to access medical marijuana could actually cement a registration process that imposes roadblocks for other patients, according to advocates. Last month, the Senate tacked on to its fiscal 2017 budget a medical marijuana registration fee waiver for veterans who qualify
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BOSTON — Already struggling to close a structural budget deficit and improve service, the MBTA on Monday turned its attention to the drain retirees are putting on the T's pension fund. The T's pension fund, which is overseen by board members representing unions and management, needs to
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BOSTON — While Gov. Charlie Baker found some reasons to favor an alternative route for commuter rail service to New Bedford and Fall River, members of the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board opted Monday to wait for more information on how to address the slow-moving transportation project. Facing
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STATE HOUSE — The bill that would allow the state to deny a gun license to anyone on the federal government's terrorist watch or no-fly lists has had a rollercoaster ride through the Legislature since Rep. Lori Ehrlich filed it in December, but that ride now appears to be
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STATE HOUSE — Great Britain's vote to break free from the European Union sent ripples through the world's financial markets Friday, adding to the global concerns being watched by those with a stake in the Massachusetts economy, including state government leaders. Overly optimistic estimates of investment-related capital
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STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts Senate plans an aggressive approach to bolstering the state's power supplies with renewable resources like hydropower and offshore wind, proposing legislation on Friday that would go further than the House to require the purchase of 2,000 megawatts of offshore wind and roughly 1,
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STATE HOUSE — As workers gathered outside the State House Thursday to describe personal experiences with wage theft, the state auditor and staff from the attorney general's office joined them to show support for legislation backers say would step up employer accountability and protect worker rights. A bill before
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STATE HOUSE — Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, describing sharply downgraded tax revenue estimates as "very sobering," predicted the changes will lead to "painful" spending cuts or level funding for programs that lawmakers feel strongly about supporting. "Tax revenues have gone soft and we just have to