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Did you miss us, friend? We took a few weeks off of the Scoop to focus on our organizing work because, frankly, there wasn’t much….

Friend, Do you ever feel so frustrated at the opaque, anti-democratic nature of our state house, that you just don’t have the words to….

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 what….

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

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 coming….

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….