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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….

We’ve officially begun the home stretch of the 2021 - 2022 legislative session. Wednesday marked a major deadline for our reps, whittling….

I’ll cut to the chase: the House did not pass Same Day Registration on Thursday.  This isn’t surprising; the House has been killing Same….

On Friday night (1/21) legislators received an email from the Speaker of the House stating that on the following Thursday (1/27) the House….

We’re in the dead of winter, which these days seems to mean 47 degrees and sunny on Wednesday and 10 degrees and windy by Friday. What can….