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Massachusetts will have a path to more midwives and birth centers — if lawmakers can agree
Mental health supports? Lactation consultants? Advocates are closely watching what provisions could make the cut in Beacon Hill’s omnibus maternal health bill. -
‘A long time coming’: Families, advocates celebrate new parentage legislation in Mass.
LGBTQ+ families soon hope to have clearer pathways to securing their parental rights. -
Mass. lawmakers adjourn after all-night session with a housing bill passed — but not much else
Talks collapsed between House and Senate lawmakers on clean energy, health care reforms and an economic development package. -
Last minute legislation brings out tensions between House and Senate leaders
Ahead of Wednesday's deadline for passing major bills, leaders the state House and Senate are at odds over the flow of legislation. -
What's in the Massachusetts Senate bill to allow overdose prevention sites?
The bill would give cities and towns the authority to open overdose prevention centers, facilities where people can use illegal drugs under the supervision of medical personnel. -
Overdose prevention centers could move forward in Massachusetts under Senate bill
A bill up for a vote Tuesday in the state Senate includes liability protections for harm reduction sites, if cities and towns choose to open them. -
Healey signs gun reform bill, putting Mass. among a handful of states regulating ghost guns
Gun violence activists celebrated the law, while Second Amendment advocates argued parts of it will not hold up in court. -
Mass. lawmakers step up child care funding with $1.5 billion proposal
Still, one provider warned “Christmas is over” after federal pandemic relief funds dried up. -
Some asthma, diabetes and heart medications would be free under proposal from Mass. lawmakers
The Massachusetts House will debate a bill this week that would also impose new oversight on pharmaceutical benefit managers, third parties that set medications’ costs. -
State lawmakers consider 'nuclear option' of receivership for Cannabis Control Commission
The state's inspector general told lawmakers the CCC has a leadership crisis and asked them to quickly authorize a receivership.
