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A Chinese restaurant chain may have to pay back wages to all of the hundreds of employees it may have sent home involuntarily without paying them the equivalent of three hours' minimum wage, according to a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling. The outcome of the case isn't
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Supporters of a 4 percent state surtax on million-dollar-plus incomes can expect a largely receptive audience when they appear before a legislative committee Thursday to stump for an amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution to establish it. Beacon Hill leaders had their eyes on the extra revenue before the Massachusetts Supreme
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By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Democratic leaders in both branches are now saying it's unlikely the Massachusetts Legislature will pursue substantial new revenue proposals as part of next fiscal year's state budget, with Senate Ways and Means Committee chairman Michael Rodrigues on Tuesday joining
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The executive director of Alaska's state agency that tries to prevent discrimination has resigned after using the agency's Facebook page to try to shame a gun owner who had a "Black Rifles Matter" sticker on his pickup truck. The gun owner, Brent Linegar, owns
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Governor Charlie Baker signed a bill banning conversion therapy in Massachusetts on Monday, which an opponent says sets up a federal lawsuit to try to overturn it. Baker signed the bill, but the governor's press office did not issue a press release or tweet about it.
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A state commission has started a task force "to develop detailed recommendations and potential interventions" to try to get parents in Massachusetts to accept homosexuality and transgenderism. "But because we may never live in a society in which all families are accepting, it is even more critical
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Boston city councilors want school police officers in the city to be able to maximize their pensions at age 60 instead of 65. All 13 city councilors this week supported the change, which city officials said would increase the city's budget in fiscal year 2021 by $375,000
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State officials are allocating $383,000 to provide emergency call boxes, satellite phones, and all-terrain vehicles to help victims of shark attacks on the Outer Cape – but nothing so far to prevent them. Six Outer Cape towns are getting the money, including Truro and Wellfleet, where major shark attacks took
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