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State Panel Seeks Lower Rate of Growth in Health Care Costs By Fiat
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE…
ICE-Raid-Leaking State Rep Doubles Down, Links Critics To Ku Klux Klan
By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE…
Tax Cut for Massachusetts?
By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE There may be a major tax cut competing with the significant tax increase that&…
Fake Weather Roils Governor
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE After Tuesday's snowstorm failed to deliver the punch many expected in Greater Boston,…
Ireland Leader: U.S. Needs Immigration Fix
By Andy Metzger and Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — Before meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington later this…
AG Healey Wants $3 Million More; Blame Trump
By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE…
Governor Baker ‘Disappointed’ With Trump Transgender Order Rollback
By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE…
Questions Remain About Covering Costs of Judicial Pay Raises
STATE HOUSE – Whether the judicial branch can fund the salary increases awarded by lawmakers last week appears to be a somewhat open…
Check Out What Else They’re Getting — Spreadsheet Shows Pay Raises Cast Wide Net
By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON — The group of House lawmakers who receive significantly larger paychecks than their…
Longtime News Service Editor Helen Woodman Harrington Dies
STATE HOUSE – Helen Woodman Harrington, who epitomized the values of even-handedness and integrity the State House News Service still strives to…
Pay Raise Bill Teed Up for Votes in Mass. House, Senate
STATE HOUSE – House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Stanley Rosenberg would see their salaries increase by $45,000 a year and…
Speaker, Senate President Could Get 65% Pay Raises
By Matt Murphy and Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Beacon Hill lawmakers waded into potentially treacherous political waters Thursday as…
Fine Employers Who Don’t Offer Health Insurance, Governor Baker Says
STATE HOUSE – Companies that do not offer their employees health insurance would pay a $2,000 annual assessment per full-time worker…
Jackson Pledges New Direction For Boston
ROXBURY, MASS., JAN. 12, 2017…..Without mentioning the mayor by name, Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson tore into what he said was…
Early Sunsets, Health Effects Cited by “Boston Time” Backer
STATE HOUSE – The rest of the country may already think that Boston — the Hub of the Universe — runs on its own time.…
Mass Fiscal Chair Weighing U.S. Senate Run in 2018
STATE HOUSE – Republican Rick Green, the wealthy owner of a Pepperell-based auto parts company and founder of the conservative non-profit…
