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Well, friends, I’m not going to sugarcoat it. The results of Tuesday’s primary were not what we wanted. It was an all around bad night for….

Happy September, friends!  Is it just me or does August seem to get shorter every year? Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer….

Starting today (Saturday 8/27) through Friday 9/2, you can cast your ballot in person and beat the election day rush–my personal voting….

The 192nd session of the Massachusetts legislature ended at 10:10 AM on August 1st, after an arduous 23-hour final session. While a number….

We’re deep in the throes of August, formal sessions of the legislative session are over, and everyone seems to be on vacation. Even I….

The 192nd legislative session ended more with a whimper than a bang after a 23-hour final session that bled well into Monday morning. But….

Before you get too excited: no, it's not really Saturday. I'm afraid the weekend is still three long days away. But not long enough for our….

The Massachusetts State House has a certain M.O.: at the start of the session, reps file upwards of 7,000 bills. But the vast majority of….

There are just three weeks left in the legislative session, and instead of finishing the laundry list of bills passed by only one chamber….

The end of the legislative session is just a month away (or, according to how I measure time, four Saturday Scoops away). And four Scoops….

It’s hard to know what to say at times like this. We like to think that, over time, things are getting better. That we’re making progress….

With six precious weeks until the end of the legislative session, there has been a steady trickle of bills passing the State House. But….