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Posted on March 11, 2023

03/11/2023 Saturday Scoop: Auditor announces first audit of Legislature in 100 years

Let’s face it: March isn’t the most pleasant month. April has some good days which trick us into making poor jacket decisions on other days….

Posted on March 04, 2023

03/04/2023 Saturday Scoop: Healey proposes tax cuts for ultra-wealthy in GOP-esq budget

Spring goes by a different name on Beacon Hill: Budget Season. When most of us are dreaming of daffodils and counting down the days to….

Posted on February 18, 2023

02/18/2023 Saturday Scoop: Leadership & committee assignments announced: here's what it means

Six weeks into the 193rd legislative session, things are finally starting to move. Or more accurately, things can finally move: the senate….

Posted on February 11, 2023

02/11/2023 Saturday Scoop: Term limits removed for senate president & what's next

We did it: we survived another rules season. The House voted on their rules last Wednesday (2/1). In case you didn’t catch it, you can read….

Posted on February 02, 2023

The House voted on the rules yesterday — here’s what happened

With two days of notice, and 24 hours to read over 200 pages of legislation, the House voted on the rules yesterday afternoon. There’s no….

Posted on January 28, 2023

1/28/2023 Saturday Scoop: Special Rules Edition

You might have noticed that there hasn’t been much news coming from Beacon Hill since the new session began earlier this month. (Then again….

Posted on January 21, 2023

01/21/2023 Saturday Scoop: Thousands of bills filed on Friday & which ones to watch

Finally, some wintry weather to remind us it is January, after all! Another sure sign it’s January, yesterday was the legislature’s bill….

Posted on January 14, 2023

01/14/2023 Saturday Scoop: Mariano refuses to seat 2 Democrats elected to House

This week the weather matched the news: mostly dreary and drizzly, with a few peeks of sunshine.  First, the sunshine: bees are going to….

Posted on January 07, 2023

01/07/2023 Saturday Scoop: New session, same bologna

Happy New Year! Oh, I just love that new session smell.  The 193rd Legislative Session began on Wednesday, bringing with it a new class of….

Posted on December 17, 2022

Legislator farewell speeches: highlights

As is tradition on Beacon Hill, lawmakers who won’t be returning for the next session for one reason or another made farewell speeches on….

Posted on December 10, 2022

12/10/2022 Saturday Scoop: No funding for emergency shelter, yes funding for east-west rail

I’m not going to lie to you: I’m terribly behind on holiday gift shopping this year.  But you know who’s even more behind on delivering….

Posted on December 03, 2022

12/03/2022 Saturday Scoop: Boston’s ill-fated home rule petition & climate news

It was a slow post-Thanksgiving week on Beacon Hill*–*well, about as slow as a week can be with visits from the president and a couple of….