By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE As lawmakers and advocates try again to impose a surtax on incomes over $1 million,…
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SOMERVILLE — Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo proposed a sweeping $1 billion environmental grant program Friday…
Recap and analysis of the week in state government By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker filed a $42.7 billion budget on Wednesday that features the…
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey committed herself on Wednesday to an ambitious new clean energy goal and promised to fight gun violence,…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Governor Charlie Baker, drawing a sense of urgency from a fatal car crash this summer…
By Matt Murphy State House News Service To put 2018 into context, consider this.…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Two years after legislators ignited an uproar by voting through a generous package of pay…
By Chris Triunfo STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE State Representative Jim Lyons hosted his final nativity ceremony at the Massachusetts State House on…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Despite Massachusetts Republican Party treasurer Brent Andersen claiming sufficient support to become the next chairman…
By Colin A. Young State House News Service As cold weather and higher electricity prices start to encroach, Massachusetts energy officials want…
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A regional market-based program to reduce carbon emissions from transportation and a goal that…
By Matt Murphy State House News Service Two hundred and forty-five years ago this month, the Sons of Liberty boarded British…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Two groups who sometimes battle each other on Beacon Hill over fairness and transparency in…
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE When Nika Elugardo was young, her "little middle school protest" was to leave…
By Craig Sandler STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE He was in Amesbury this week, not Northampton or Leicester, but U.S. Rep. Seth…
By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts House employees just got raises.…
By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE While hundreds braved the cold rain and snow Tuesday for the chance to legally…
