STATE HOUSE — The Governor's Council narrowly approved Douglas Darnbrough for a Barnstable District Court judgeship on Wednesday after Gov. Charlie Baker was called to the meeting to help break a 4-4 tie that would have sunk his nominee.
After the council deadlocked, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito called a recess, keeping the vote open and giving Baker time to arrive in the hearing room. Within minutes, Baker arrived and took over the meeting, allowing Polito to vote to break the tie – a feature of the rules that govern the eight-member elected council that vets and votes on judicial nominees.
STATE HOUSE — The House and Senate may be done trading major policy proposals for the year, but the back-and-forth between members of both branches is only heating up.
The verbal barbs and finger-pointing started not long after the branches gaveled the end of formal sessions for the year in the early morning hours of Aug. 1.
