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Happy scorcher, friend! I hope you are keeping well-hydrated, staying cool, and lugging all your fans and/or AC units up from the basement….

It is with anger, fear, and solidarity that I write you today. The news of the impending repeal of federal abortion rights is shocking and….

After just three formal sessions, the House  passed  their budget on Wednesday, which came across the finish line at $49.7 billion.  And the….

House Ways & Means released their draft of the  2023 budget  on Wednesday, totaling around $50 billion. This marks the official start of the….

Flowers are in bloom, buds are popping up on every tree in sight, and most exciting of all – spring municipal elections are just around the….

You know what they say: April showers bring May flowers. And in the Massachusetts Legislature, April hearings bring May budgets (although I….

When was the last time a report commissioned to study an issue in Massachusetts came back with good news? I don’t know, but it certainly….

A 75 degree day, buds emerging on trees, and the beautiful if incessant birdsong outside my window can only mean one thing: spring has….

“If anyone were to ask me about whether or not to run for office [ in the Massachusetts State House]. I would first give them a long list….

The two year anniversary of Governor Baker declaring a state of emergency due to Covid-19 came and went during an otherwise slow news week….

It’s March, so you know what that means: hopes of spring mixed with the harsh reality of more winter. It also means the State House has just….

School vacation week is usually a quiet one for the State House, and this week was no exception; with no formal sessions, official business….