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Robert Q. Crane, Former Massachusetts Treasurer, Dies At 91
The singing, smiling Democratic politician served as state treasurer from 1965 to 1991. Crane, who was known for friendliness, loyalty, and patronage,…
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Dead Christmas Tree Gets the Hook at Rhode Island State House
Workers put in a replacement tree and removed the desiccated one.…
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Nine unbelievable Boston facts
Christmas ban Everyone knows that Boston has a bedtime, but did you know that Boston also banned Christmas? That's right…
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Online lottery failed to make cut in late-session flurry
STATE HOUSE — Having been denied the legislative authority to move products online, the head of the Massachusetts Lottery said the agency will…
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Baker plans to sit out presidential election
BOSTON – After ruling out casting his ballot for the likely Republican, Democratic and Libertarian presidential tickets, Gov. Charlie Baker made it clear…
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High court: 2008 law requires limits on multiple carbon sources
STATE HOUSE — A unanimous Supreme Judicial Court ruling handed down on Tuesday affirms the state's obligations under a 2008 global…
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Union says state contract will get care attendants to $15 an hour
The union representing the state's 35,000 personal care attendants and the Baker administration have agreed to a three-year contract that will provide a 44-cent raise this summer and open a path to a $15 an hour.
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‘Millionaire tax’ to see its first vote
BOSTON (AP) — A plan for taxing the wealthiest Massachusetts residents could get its first nudge forward in the coming week when the…
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Golden: House bill may come in ‘south’ of hydro, wind power requests
BOSTON — The omnibus House energy bill will likely come in below Gov. Charlie Baker's proposal for hydropower procurement and below…
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Baker suspends spending on ‘non-essential’ consultants, equipment
STATE HOUSE — The Baker administration on Friday ordered the immediate suspension of all state spending on "non-essential" goods and…
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Mass. delegation in scramble to advance opioid proposals
STATE HOUSE — Echoing a debate that dominated Beacon Hill for the better part of the past year, the U.S. House of…
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Mass. Senate adds plastic bag ban to agriculture bill
STATE HOUSE — Massachusetts shoppers would be able to buy craft beers and spirits at farmers markets — but not take those bottles or…
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Greater Boston churches observe National Day of Prayer
BOSTON – Churches around Boston will commemorate the National Day of Prayer May 5, which takes place annually on the first Thursday in…
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Court predicts layoffs, enviro groups also knock House budget
STATE HOUSE — Cities and towns reliant on local aid saw much to celebrate in the $39.5 billion budget proposal released by…
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Senate bill ties charter expansion to education investments
STATE HOUSE — An increase in the cap on charter school enrollment in Massachusetts would be tied to major new investments in all…
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What it would take to eradicate the wage gap
Women's advocates in Boston want the Massachusetts State House to do more to ensure women receive "equal pay for…
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Logan workers call off strike, rally for $15 an hour
STATE HOUSE — Logan International Airport workers rallied outside the State House to push for a $15 an hour minimum wage, after calling…
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Housing protections needed, low-income residents say
BOSTON – For Holly Marcus, the fear of having to leave her North End neighborhood after nearly 40 years is beginning to feel…
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Bathroom bill, abortion funding targeted by activists’ lobbying
BOSTON – More than 50 Bay State residents, all with passionately held pro-family views, rallied in the State House Wednesday and fanned…
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Iwo Jima veterans honored on battle’s 71st anniversary
BOSTON – A trio of Marines who fought at Iwo Jima during World War II were honored Friday morning by officials who included…
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Demonstrators protest lobbyist’s work against legalizing pot
BOSTON — As a medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors in Lowell Tuesday morning, demonstrators who support a move to make sales of…
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker endorses Chris Christie
BOSTON – The Bay State's popular Republican governor, who for many months remained on the sidelines of the 2016 campaign, on…
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Mass. senate to take up charter school reform
STATE HOUSE — Facing the pressure of a ballot question and without a guarantee that he can wrestle enough support for charter school…
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Mass. House gives opioid bill initial approval
STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts House on Wednesday morning gave initial approval to a bill aimed at reducing opioid abuse and deaths, setting…
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MBTA considers complete replacement of Green Line fleet
BOSTON — MBTA staff is considering a complete replacement of the Green Line fleet in the next decade or so, a roughly $1…
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State government waiting for the ax to fall
Could Friday be the day Administration and Finance Secretary Kristen Lepore brings her scalpel, or will it be a machete, to work…
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Hedlund wields gavel in his final Senate session
In the final session of his two-decade career in the Senate, Assistant Minority Leader Robert Hedlund assumed a post rarely held…
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Pay equity, cell phone driving and records bills on deck in 2016
STATE HOUSE — The Senate is gearing up for a mid-January session to pass legislation banning the use of a handheld cell…
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DeLeo hopeful state won’t ‘completely abandon’ GLX project
STATE HOUSE — Though MBTA officials refuse to take the option of shutting down the Green Line extension project off the table, House…
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Sanchez urges Latino pols to engage with all communities
Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez, at a gathering of newly-elected Latino officials, advised them to learn the issues effecting their entire constituency and…
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Gold Star Families honored at State House ceremony
Chris Gavriel could barely finish talking about his son before his voice began to shake with emotion Tuesday afternoon at a State…
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Mass. on track to hit its debt ceiling for the first time
STATE HOUSE — A sticking point in the D.C. donnybrook that led to a 2013 government shutdown, the national debt ceiling has…
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Mass. emergency rooms see sharp increase in behavioral health cases
STATE HOUSE — Total emergency room use in Massachusetts dropped slightly in 2014, but visits associated with a behavioral health conditions rose sharply,…
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MBTA ending GLX contracts, plans to find new project manager
The MBTA has notified several firms working on the over-budget Green Line Extension project that it is acting to end their…
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Father says texting ban not enough to stop distracted driving
STATE HOUSE — Tom Brannelly wanted legislators to be able to put a face to the issue of distracted driving as they weighed…
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Baker praises Obama for addressing nation after California shootings
STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker praised President Barack Obama's decision to address the nation Sunday night and voiced support for…
