latest updates

We meet again friend, Our regular scooptress Erin is on a birthday vacation (good for her!), which means I get to do all the complaining….

Happy August! In addition to it being the best month of the year (and no I am not just saying that because it’s my birth month, and frankly….

We finally have a budget! Well, sort of: legislative leaders  announced  Friday afternoon that the House and Senate negotiators have come to….

I’m just here for the t-shirt. or so Ways & Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz quipped at an event on Monday when he was asked by a reporter….

It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy.  If you’re a lawmaker on Beacon Hill, that is. Continuing the  slowest and least productive….

If you felt things were a little strange on Thursday, perhaps it was because of the full moon.  And by “full moon” I mean the thong-clad….

I think this whole “we need to fix the broken State House” message is catching on:  Legislature does the people’s work behind closed doors….

Hi, friend! After reading their  latest op-ed  about the State House, it’s starting to feel like the  Boston Globe Editorial Board  is….

Happy Saturday, friend! We’re currently nestled in the eye of the budget storm; the House debate is over, and the Senate’s will take place….

We’re in the thick of it now, friend! And I don’t just mean pollen season. As the weather heats up, so do the debates on the FY2024 budget….

The House passed their version of the FY2024 budget this week, completing another major milestone on its seven month journey to enactment….

Birds are chirping, my daffodils popped up (finally), and I busted out my tevas for the first time this year, which can only mean one thing….