-
On Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate will take up a bill to reform and codify the state's framework for sexual health education. The chamber has passed similar legislation four times previously.
-
The confirmation hearing for Gabrielle R. Wolohojian on Wednesday will be the second Supreme Judicial Court pick by Gov. Maura Healey of a nominee from eastern Mass. The last SJC justice from western Mass, Francis Spina, stepped down in 2016.
-
Massachusetts State Police held its 89th "Recruit Training Troop" graduation on Thursday in Springfield. It's been two weeks since half a dozen people, including current and former state troopers, were charged in an alleged bribery conspiracy to give passing scores to commercial driver's license applicants.
-
An attempt by Congress to sort out the immigration issue fell apart last week. The question of how Massachusetts' governor will handle the ever increasing number of unhoused families seeking shelter in the Commonwealth, continues to be top-of-mind for many across the Baystate.
-
A goal of expanding train service across the state is a "mode shift" — essentially bringing people away from single-occupancy vehicles onto mass transit, where there are efficiencies that are gained. But many hurdles remain for this project.
-
There are a number of key differences between the bill approved by the Massachusetts House last fall, and what the Senate passed last week. That could lead to a lot of work for a conference committee between early February and late July.
-
Massachusetts Senate lawmakers will put gun safety laws to debate this week, countering the House gun bill passed in October with legislation containing a number of key differences.
-
Following her State of the Commonwealth address, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has begun offering a sketch of areas where she feels the state still has enough money to deliver critical improvements. She will file her budget with the Legislature by Wednesday.
-
Healey’s announcement during Wednesday’s state address comes at a moment of alarm about how Massachusetts students are learning to read, sparked in large part by the critical reappraisal of the ‘balanced literacy’ approach to instruction.
-
There have been many reactions to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's mid-year spending cuts of $375 million dollars ahead of Healey's "State of the Commonwealth" address this week.