GOVERNORS

At an early morning presser, Chang-Díaz told reporters she will end her campaign for governor because she does not see a path to victory.

With less than three weeks before the new fiscal year begins, negotiators are continuing talks on a compromise budget using elements of the different spending plans passed by the state House and Senate.

Starting next summer, immigrants without legal status in Massachusetts will have access to state-issued driver's licenses thanks to a policy muscled through by lawmakers this week over Gov. Charlie Baker's veto.

Candidates needed to win the backing of at least 15% of delegates at the Democratic convention in Worcester to keep their campaigns alive over the summer, when they will be able to make their case to voters statewide.

'Need versus what you want' at play in bond bill decisions.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday vetoed a bill making immigrants without legal status eligible to seek state-issued driver's licenses, saying the Registry of Motor Vehicles, an agency that he oversees, doesn't have the ability to verify the identities of potential applicants.

This week, the Massachusetts House kicks off deliberations Monday on its $49.6 billion spending plan for FY23. The Senate, which meets in formal session Thursday, could move towards a long-awaited vote on sports betting after a bill emerged Friday from the Ways and Means Committee. Matt Murphy of the State House News Service talks about the week ahead.

Massachusetts legislators will address the differences between the House and Senate versions of a $1.6 billion midyear spending bill, and discuss the state's response to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Massachusetts legislators will address the differences between the House and Senate versions of a $1.6 billion midyear spending bill, and discuss the state's response to Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Governor's Council voted Wednesday to commute two men's life prison sentences, marking the first time in 25 years the body chose to endorse release for a person serving a life sentence for first degree murder.