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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 of….

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….

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

We at Act on Mass talk a lot about all the vital progressive bills that don’t pass the state house. To be fair, it’s for good reason….

The anticipation surrounding “Joint Rule 10 day" (the State House’s deadline to decide what to do with bills still in committee) has….