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By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Even as its first planned project hangs in a morass of federal reviews and regulatory wrangling, Vineyard Wind on Friday doubled down on its plan to provide Massachusetts with clean energy from offshore wind turbines.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE This past January, Scott Lang was convinced that he should run for the U.S. Senate and challenge Massachusetts U.S. Senator Edward Markey.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The Massachusetts Legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of amending the state constitution to raise income taxes on the wealthy, a first step toward a new tax that supporters say could generate as much as $2 billion in new revenue to spend on transportation
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By Matt Murphy State House News Service The wealth tax on income over $1 million received just one vote from a Republican lawmaker last week in favor of advancing the amendment to a full debate in June, but Governor Charlie Baker, the leader of the party, is not eager to
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With tax collections pouring in but Democrats still on the hunt for new revenue, the possibility of repealing tax breaks for specialized industries like aviation or the chance to apply new taxes to unhealthy, sugary drinks dangles like low-hanging fruit before many lawmakers.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE After U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren called for the resignation of U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday, President Donald Trump accused Warren of "defrauding the public" with her claims of American Indian ancestry and said she should resign.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Governor Charlie Baker on Monday defended U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's decision to prosecute a state judge for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest, dismissing the idea that the indictment was politically motivated.
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service Expanding road tolls across Massachusetts and to the state's borders could be a way to generate new revenue to address growing transportation woes, Senate President Karen Spilka said Thursday.