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Feds Fine Eversource Over Worker Death Near State House

By Colin Young State House News Service

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Maura Healey Told Progressive Group She Backs State-Level Single-Payer Health Care

What does Maura Healey think of single-payer healthcare? It never came up during her 2022 campaign for governor of Massachusetts, but in the past, she told a left-of-center advocacy group that she supports it.

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Massachusetts Sees Slight Payroll Tax Cut To Start 2023

By Dave Fidlin The Center Square Contributor

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Maura Healey Using A Gas-Guzzling SUV As Governor of Massachusetts

By Colin Young State House News Service

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Tussle for Leadership of Massachusetts GOP May Help Define Its Direction

A largely behind-the-scenes campaign to lead the Massachusetts Republican Party culminates in a vote for party chairman this weekend that may help decide where the undermanned GOP goes from here. The Massachusetts State Republican Committee plans to meet at 1 p.m. Sunday, January 3.

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Cambridge Bans ‘Deceptive Advertising’ At Pro-Life Crisis Pregnancy Centers — If Any Come To Town

The Cambridge City Council has approved an ordinance banning what it calls "deceptive advertising practices" at crisis pregnancy centers that threatens a $300-a-day fine from the city's licensing commission. The council voted 9-0 on Monday, January 9 in favor of the measure.

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Massachusetts Bill Could Result In Schools Putting Tampons In Boys’ Bathrooms

Should boys' bathrooms in Massachusetts public schools offer free tampons? That may happen under a proposal on Beacon Hill.

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Ayanna Pressley Spearheads Effort Urging Federal Government To Continue Its Capital Punishment Moratorium

Common Dreams By Brett Wilkins Arguing that "the death penalty is cruel, racist, and fundamentally unjust," U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley led more than two dozen congressional Democrats in calling on the Biden administration to continue its 18-month pause on federal executions last week.