Broker fee limits, no new taxes in $61 billion state budget deal set for Monday vote
Beacon Hill lawmakers will pass their final budget while still waiting to find out the scope of federal funding cuts.
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7 notable Massachusetts laws that will take effect in 2025 — and 2 more that might
A flurry of late lawmaking means Gov. Healey is still reviewing pending legislation. -
Dukakis reflects on Jimmy Carter, 'a guy of real integrity'
The former Massachusetts governor remembers the late president as someone he could always call for advice. -
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Carter led the United States from 1977 to 1981. -
Lawmakers send 16 bills to Healey's desk as session deadline looms
Legislators tackled topics ranging from school bus cameras to licensing dental hygienists who have worked in other countries. -
Holliston town administrator agrees to top job at Cannabis Control Commission
Commissioners originally chose a different candidate for the job, who declined the offer. -
Healey executive order seeks more construction jobs for women
Gov. Maura Healey on Monday signed an executive order aimed at boosting women's employment in the construction industry, and she celebrated the effort with what could be one of her final public collaborations with the Biden administration. -
Pressley praises Biden's death penalty commutations, urges more moves before Trump takes office
Releasing certain groups from prison could be the next step, the congresswoman suggested. -
Local orgs rally support for legislative audit, threaten lawsuit
A coalition of organizations has formed and is threatening to file a lawsuit in January to try to force the Legislature to comply with a new voter law giving the state auditor the authority to investigate the Legislature. -
Francis X. Bellotti, former Mass. lieutenant governor and attorney general, dies at 101
He repeatedly won election as attorney general, but failed in multiple bids for the governorship. -
Trump’s Cabinet picks court controversy as Biden crams appointees, pardons into his final days
The Mass Politics Profs discuss Michelle Wu's failed tax plan, Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, Joe Biden's final days in office and more!
