Mass. summer: Obamas visit Vineyard; lawmakers take ice bucket challenge

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON- Nothing says summer recess like the president of the United States vacationing for two weeks on a Massachusetts island while the state's top elected officials shower themselves in ice in front of the capitol to raise money for charity. After grinding through the budget finish line in July state officials are starting to take this whole summer thing seriously.

The House and Senate plan to each meet twice next week, likely sending unfinished amendments to the $38.1 billion state budget back to Gov. Charlie Baker's desk. And the energy industry will have time to compare and contrast Baker's solar power legislation, filed on Friday, with a bill that cleared the Senate two weeks ago and won glowing praise from renewable energy supporters.