State Rep. says her harassers still working on Beacon Hill
Some of the gossip and harassment that preceded Rep. Diana DiZoglio's termination from her job as a legislative aide seven years ago came from elected officials still serving on Beacon Hill today, the...
View ArticleSTATE HOUSE ROUNDUP -- Timing is everything
A recap and analysis of the week in state government.Call it the No-Reaster. Outside the building, anyhow.Just as all the anticipation and speculation and dread and folderol over the fourth big storm...
View ArticleSenate bill would assess Internet providers to ensure neutrality
Massachusetts would create a central registry of internet service providers and promote fair internet practices through government contracts under a bill released Monday from a special Senate committee...
View ArticleSuspensions, retirements as State Police deal with 'bad actors'
An overtime scandal at the State Police has led in the past week to a rash of suspensions and sudden retirements from the embattled law enforcement agency that has struggled to regain its footing since...
View ArticleLottery moving headquarters from Braintree to Dorchester
The Massachusetts Lottery plans to try a change of scenery, moving its administrative staff from its longtime headquarters in Braintree a few miles north to Dorchester.Putting the roughly 140...
View ArticleBaker needs to 'lead on this,' Healey says of State Police problems
As her office investigates whether any members of the Massachusetts State Police broke the law by accepting overtime payments for shifts they did not work, Attorney General Maura Healey on Thursday...
View ArticleGov. Baker and State Police Supt. Gilpin to announce reforms in Monday press...
State Police Superintendent Col. Kerry Gilpin will join Gov. Charlie Baker at 1 p.m. Monday to "announce a series of reforms to policies and procedures at the Massachusetts State Police," the...
View ArticleSTATE HOUSE ROUNDUP -- A rough week in the Senate
A recap and analysis of the week in state government.The hits just keep coming.Every time it seems the Senate might be ready to finally turn the page and bear down on the task at hand -- legislating --...
View ArticleState Cannabis Commission looking to set up headquarters in Worcester
Coming soon to Worcester: the Cannabis Control Commission.The young state agency that oversees the rapidly growing legal marijuana industry in Massachusetts agreed Tuesday to search for a location in...
View ArticleApplications pouring in from potential marijuana retailers
Marijuana regulators could approve the first prospective marijuana businesses for expedited licensing next week, after the Cannabis Control Commission's staff is able to review more than 200...
View ArticleSTATE HOUSE ROUNDUP -- Order starts to emerge from the chaos
A recap and analysis of the week in state government.Has the Senate been in utter disarray since December? Yeah, pretty much. Has it been a distraction? Senate President Harriette Chandler said last...
View ArticleUMass acquisition of Mount Ida comes under Senate scrutiny
The Senate plans to look into UMass Amherst's proposed acquisition of Mount Ida College and one senator said he hopes to learn some answers before the agreement is completed.Last week UMass announced...
View ArticleSTATE HOUSE ROUNDUP -- Mergers and acquisitions
A recap and analysis of the week in state government.At a mandatory minimum, part of being governor is deciding whether the juice is worth the squeeze. For Gov. Charlie Baker, in the case of criminal...
View ArticleSTATE HOUSE ROUNDUP -- Blame it on the rain
One early poll does not make a congressman. But it can help shape the narrative of a race.
View ArticleHefner pleads not guilty, ordered to stay away from State House
The man at the center of a scandal that has rocked the Massachusetts Senate appeared in Suffolk Superior Court Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery, open and gross lewdness...
View ArticleThe weather may be hot, but the water is not
DCR reminds the public of the dangers of swimming in cold water temperatures
View ArticleTop regulator predicts "sparse" marijuana market out of the gate
With two months until retail pot sales are expected to begin, the Cannabis Control Commission chairman said to expect a "sparse" marijuana market this summer, even as the CCC opened the license...
View ArticleState Police tracking tech in place, Troop E absorbed
By the end of the day Wednesday, State Police brass will be able to track the whereabouts of any trooper assigned to one of the department's roughly 1,000 marked cruisers.The announcement that...
View ArticleAs vaping expands, activists feel lawmakers may finally intervene
About a decade after vape pens hit the shelves, anti-smoking advocates concerned about the risks those products pose believe they have the support needed to advance legislation that would regulate them...
View ArticleSTATE HOUSE ROUNDUP -- Broken promise spurs Rosenberg downfall
Troubling. Damning. Incredibly disturbing. Pick an adjective and it was probably used last week to describe the all-the-above Ethics Committee report that ultimately toppled former Senate President...
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