The Week Ahead On Beacon Hill
In addition to producing a senator-elect, the week ahead may lead to a potential new wave of special legislative elections and will bring recommendations for K-12 public education financing and a major...
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Legislative leaders and Governor Charlie Baker do not appear too concerned by their lack of progress on major bills as they head towards a seven-week recess period running through Thanksgiving,...
View ArticleHealey Report Says State Can Meet Energy Needs Without New Gas Pipelines
Additional natural gas pipeline capacity is not the best solution to meet the state’s longer-term energy demand needs, according to study produced by Attorney General Maura Healey’s office and released...
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The House and Senate capped their allegedly busy period last week by advancing mostly non-controversial bills and illustrating that when it comes to weightier matters, like a bill to keep the solar...
View ArticleReport Examines Share Of Donations That Reach Charities
Professional solicitors in 2014 collected $543 million on behalf of Massachusetts charities but only $338 million ended up with those charities, according to a report released Monday by Attorney...
View ArticleBaker Bill Will Renew Debate Over Liquor License Control
Reviving an effort that stalled under his predecessor, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday proposed legislation that would give local officials control over the number of liquor licenses that can be handed...
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A new state budget cycle gets underway next week in Massachusetts and the proceedings this year will carry extra weight for one of state government’s biggest annual outlays: local aid to cities and...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead (And 2015 In Review) On Beacon Hill
Capped by Christmas on Friday, the week ahead will likely start with a flourish and grow progressively quieter despite the official arrival of winter. Traumatized from last winter’s fury, Bay State...
View ArticleOrange Stripes: Bill Pitched To Identify Fake Guns
Boston’s top cop, seated at a table strewn with imitation guns, urged Beacon Hill lawmakers Thursday to keep citizens and police officers safe by requiring replica firearms be made more clearly...
View ArticleState Confirms Massachusetts Zika Virus Case
State health officials have confirmed one case of the Zika virus in Massachusetts and said additional cases will not come as a surprise, though the virus cannot be spread from one infected person to...
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House and Senate leaders head into February with opioid abuse, solar energy and a driver’s license bill important to those with criminal backgrounds before conference committees, awaiting resolution. A...
View ArticleAhead of N.H. Primary, Baker To Endorse Christie
Gov. Charlie Baker, a moderate New England Republican who has resisted overtures to get involved in the rowdy GOP primary for president, will on Friday endorse New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Baker’s...
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Education and animal welfare advocates are ready to visit Beacon Hill to warn lawmakers that they’re on track to circumvent the Legislature and pass ballot laws in November unless lawmakers decide to...
View ArticleFBI, IRS Raid State Senator’s Office
Investigations into state Sen. Brian Joyce have expanded beyond the state Ethics Commission to the FBI and the IRS after the two federal agencies on Wednesday raided the Canton law offices of the...
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Massachusetts voters pick their presidential candidates, a major wind energy conference blows through Boston, and Congressman Stephen Lynch holds a summit Monday on the security of the rail system. The...
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Amidst all the St. Patrick’s Day banter, the Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday runs into the biennial bill-reporting deadline that’s designed to get bills out of committee and give their sponsors...
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The week ahead brings the likely enactment of a bill aimed at ensuring driving rights to convicted drug offenders who have served their time. Lawmakers will gavel in public hearings on Governor Charlie...
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The final four months of formal sessions of the 2015-2016 General Court are approaching with a small but growing basket of significant new laws on the books, scores of initiatives still up in the air,...
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If the 2015-2016 legislative agenda were a bonfire, it’s now burning brightly, with a thick bed of embers, and Rep. Brian Dempsey is getting ready to hoist an oversized log onto the blaze. A session...
View ArticleKinder Morgan Suspends Work, Spending On Pipeline Project
Citing inadequate commitments from prospective customers, Kinder Morgan on Wednesday suspended further work and spending on its Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline project, which held the...
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