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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.
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The Massachusetts Attorney General's office has certified a petition seeking to add an amendment to the state constitution that would enable the state to stop using public funds for abortion. It's the second step on a long road that could lead to the end of state
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This July, President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) transited through New York, an icon of diversity and freedom and home to the United Nations, as a prelude to her state visit to Taiwan's diplomatic allies in the Caribbean. While meeting with the Permanent Representatives to
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A legislative committee plans to hold a hearing later today on a bill that would allow illegal immigrants in Massachusetts to get driver's licenses. State law currently states (Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 90, Section 8): "No license of any type may be issued to any person who
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Massachusetts corrections officers are asking state legislators to pass a bill that would allow them to carry concealed firearms almost anywhere in the state the way most other types of law enforcement officers can. A federal law exempts current and retired "qualified law enforcement officers" from state laws
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By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NEWTON — U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy III continues his now-public debate over whether to challenge for U.S. Senator Edward Markey's seat in 2020, a majority of the Massachusetts Legislature — including the top leaders in both branches — are backing the incumbent.
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By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Even as its first planned project hangs in a morass of federal reviews and regulatory wrangling, Vineyard Wind on Friday doubled down on its plan to provide Massachusetts with clean energy from offshore wind turbines.
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A man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in Fitchburg in 1994 can pursue a DNA test of evidence from the scene to try to prove he didn't do it, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. Don Earl Johnson, now 53, has done time in
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