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Restraints and involuntary medication are widespread at corrections facility for people with mental illness, report alleges
The Disability Law Center concludes more than half the population at Bridgewater State Hospital were medicated under duress. -
Candidates for Mass. governor urge tax cuts
Healey, Diehl and Doughty support the cuts while legislative leaders remain non-committal. -
Sports betting, but no tax breaks: Where state lawmakers did and didn't reach deals
Massachusetts legislators advanced climate, mental health, cannabis bills and more. -
Black and Latino lawmakers knock Baker's 'abhorrent' move on no-cost prison calls
Linkage with governor's pretrial detention bill sparks pushback. -
Baker signs sweeping reproductive rights bill
The new law protects providers of reproductive health, including abortions and gender-affirming care, from out-of-state legal action. -
Spilka says Senate doesn't 'see a path forward' for staff union
The Massachusetts Senate president did not elaborate on what, if any, structural changes would make union recognition possible. -
Mass. taxpayers will get billions back under obscure 1980s law, Baker says
The governor signs the state’s budget — keeps the fight alive for tougher pretrial detention. -
Cook sister celebrates Mass. banning hairstyle discrimination, five years after Malden incident
The state is the 18th to pass a version of the CROWN Act, which bans discrimination against hairstyles typically worn by people of color. -
Beacon Hill logjam: 5 things you should know
At stake: key legislation delayed until the last possible moment. -
Mass. House and Senate pass reproductive rights bill, now on governor’s desk
The governor said he was “hoping that we'll be able to have a [signing] ceremony for that one.”
