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By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SOMERVILLE — Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo proposed a sweeping $1 billion environmental grant program Friday that, over the next decade, would fund municipal efforts to build renewable-energy infrastructure and invest in climate resiliency programs.
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Recap and analysis of the week in state government By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker filed a $42.7 billion budget on Wednesday that features the biggest overhaul to public education funding in decades and proposes new taxes on electronic nicotine products and on pharmaceutical manufacturers to help pay for opioid addiction services.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey committed herself on Wednesday to an ambitious new clean energy goal and promised to fight gun violence, reduce barriers to mental health treatment, and support increased funding for education as many Democrats continue to look to her as the future of the party. Healey, who
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Governor Charlie Baker, drawing a sense of urgency from a fatal car crash this summer in Cotuit and a new Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling, made a case Tuesday for why judges must be able to consider someone's full criminal record
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By Matt Murphy State House News Service To put 2018 into context, consider this.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Two years after legislators ignited an uproar by voting through a generous package of pay raises for themselves and other public officials, the salaries for top ranking elected officials and rank-and-file legislators on Beacon Hill are going up again.
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By Chris Triunfo STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE State Representative Jim Lyons hosted his final nativity ceremony at the Massachusetts State House on Thursday, but the man who for eight years has been one of the most vocal critics of Democratic leadership on Beacon Hill spoke very little and instead let