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By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Democratic leaders in both branches are now saying it's unlikely the Massachusetts Legislature will pursue substantial new revenue proposals as part of next fiscal year's state budget, with Senate Ways and Means Committee chairman Michael Rodrigues on Tuesday joining
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With the Massachusetts Senate slowly gearing up for a long-term exploration of the state tax system, House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday said the House was unlikely to participate in the exercise, and Governor Charlie Baker said he remains opposed to "broad-based&
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Requiring all private firearm sales in Massachusetts to take place in a federally licensed gun store — and be run through the shop's background check system — would close a "dangerous loophole" in current laws, a Natick lawmaker said Tuesday.
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Students, educators and others who say the cost of a college education has ballooned out of control took their calls for relief to the State House on Thursday and said that if lawmakers don't act, they're prepared to ask
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FALL RIVER — Forty percent of students in public K-12 schools in Massachusetts are children of color, but only 6 percent of teachers in those same schools are people of color, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley told lawmakers Monday.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan laid out a plan on Monday to create a new "online college" for adult students that he said could become the system's bulwark against increasing financial pressures on college campuses caused by competition
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By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Now that the landmark 2018 criminal justice reform law is on the books, lawmakers are exploring additional ideas and "even harder work," as state Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) put it Thursday, including the possibility of releasing prisoners serving life-without-parole sentences
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE As lawmakers and advocates try again to impose a surtax on incomes over $1 million, they're confident a new attempt can survive a potential legal challenge and meet constitutional requirements.