BOSTON — Following Thursday's 33-0 Senate vote, the Bay State now is on the verge of becoming the first state since the Las Vegas shooting rampage to enact a full ban on bump-fire stocks, or add-on equipment that can transform a semi-automatic firearm into a de facto machine gun.
The devices are legal right now, but people violating the law would be subject to prison terms of 18 months to life once the law takes effect.
BOSTON — A right-leaning fiscal watchdog that has spent the last several years trying to overturn Massachusetts' ban on campaign donations from business owners announced Thursday that its case will be decided by the state's top court.
The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a nonprofit outfit that has made waves on Beacon Hill since its founding in 2009 with its legislative scorecards — direct mailers sent to constituents living in specific districts that track lawmakers' spending votes — began challenging the state's union donation loophole in court in 2015.
