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Pemberton Leaves U.S. Senate Race, Takes Shots at Kennedy, Markey, and Democratic Party

Democratic businessman Steve Pemberton is stopping his race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, but not before taking a shot at his party's preference for what he called "legacy and birthright … incumbency and connections." Pemberton was one of two outsiders who thought they had a shot

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Governor Shouldn’t Plunge Into Gas-Tax-Like Climate Change Initiative, Taxpayer Advocate Says

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance is calling on Governor Charlie Baker to get approval from the state Legislature before implementing a climate-change program that could lead to higher gasoline prices. Baker administration officials say the Transportation and Climate Initiative program isn't a gas tax but rather a "cap-and-invest&

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Sixteen of 47 Massachusetts Mayors Endorse ROE Act Abortion Expansion Bill

Sixteen of the 47 mayors in Massachusetts are calling on state legislators to approve the ROE Act abortion expansion bill, including Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. All are Democrats.

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Time To ‘Radically Increase’ Electric Cars in Massachusetts, Senate Climate Change Committee Member Says

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides told a Senate oversight committee Monday it could expect the early framework for a multi-state pact to reduce carbon emissions from transportation sources by early October, ahead of a legislative summit at Yale. The update came during a tense hearing where Democratic

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Youth Climate Strike Rally Organizers Predict 10,000 in Boston

Organizers of a rally in Boston inviting students to skip school and protest about climate change say they might draw 10,000 people Friday. The prediction stems in part from more than 7,000 responses to a Facebook notification, a spokesman for the group organizing the event told State House

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Lower Or Abolish Death Taxes on Estates in Massachusetts, Some Legislators Say

By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A long-running debate over the state's estate tax revived on Beacon Hill as the Revenue Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature took up bills this week calling for reforms or outright abolition of the levies charged when assets are passed along following

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State Workers Union: Don’t Tax Our Members for New Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Unsatisfied with the progress or lack thereof at the bargaining table, the state's largest public employee union last week called on Governor Charlie Baker's administration to exempt state employees from having to pay into the state's

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Governor Baker Offers Modest Tax Cuts With Revenue Surplus

By Michael P. Norton and Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who has been open to raising taxes, on Friday outlined a new tax relief proposal that his administration says will benefit 1 million taxpayers with dependents.