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AG sides with Legislature in DiZoglio audit battle
11-05-2023 9:56 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — While voters may have the final say, top House and Senate Democrats said a new decision from Attorney General Andrea Campbell reinforces their opinion that the state auditor lacks the “statutory or constitutional authority to audit any other...


Republicans, Democrats don’t signal plans to step in on shelter crisis
11-03-2023 5:00 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — With Gov. Maura Healey’s emergency shelter capacity limit about to take effect, House and Senate Democrats are not signaling any broader plans to step in and demand a different approach to helping families in need.A day after a Superior Court...


Analysts see Massachusetts outmigration trend as ongoing threat
10-24-2023 5:00 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Massachusetts continued to record more births than deaths from July 2021 to July 2022 even though the state’s total population shrunk in that span, suggesting that residents decamping to other locales is the primary driver of a trend that has ramped...


Tensions high over gun law overhaul at legislative hearing
10-11-2023 5:00 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Bay Staters of all stripes finally got the chance Tuesday to tell a panel of state representatives how they feel about a proposed overhaul of the state’s gun laws, and they poured out hours of impassioned commentary that sets the stage for a...


Healey signs $1 billion tax package into law, state’s first cuts in two decades
10-05-2023 5:00 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Twenty months elapsed between Republican Gov. Charlie Baker using his final State of the Commonwealth address in January 2022 to ignite debate about slashing taxes and the final enactment of a roughly $1 billion package.So what was the...


Report recommends rooftops, parking lots for solar installations
10-04-2023 4:02 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — More than half of the land covered by parking lots in Massachusetts could host solar panel canopies, and almost four times that much rooftop space is also viable, according to a new report that urges policymakers to balance solar expansion...


Salary bill targets gender, racial wage gaps
09-26-2023 4:03 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Many Massachusetts employers would need to provide an estimated salary range in job postings under newly-moving legislation that top lawmakers pitched as a way to close gender and racial wage gaps.The Labor and Workforce Development Committee...


Healey bill pours $250 million more into shelter crisis
09-19-2023 5:00 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has proposed using nearly $300 million in one-time funds to infuse the state’s strained emergency assistance shelter system and close a tax revenue shortfall.Healey filed a more than $2 billion budget last week to close the...


Landscape shifts around stalled tax relief
09-12-2023 4:02 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Lawmakers have given no indication they are any closer to compromise on the tax relief they promised more than a year ago, and they continue to be buffeted by competing affordability crosswinds.Beacon Hill received another pair of pitches in...


Feds shift vehicle repair law into gear
08-25-2023 5:00 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

State and federal regulators appear to have made a breakthrough to move forward with a voter-approved vehicle repair data law after legal battles and safety concerns stalled its implementation.A bit more than two months after the National Highway...


Gov. Healey’s budget cut puts region’s antipoverty services in jeopardy
08-24-2023 5:01 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Community Action Pioneer Valley is looking at scaling back a host of programs that support low-income residents throughout the Valley after Gov. Maura Healey this month vetoed significant funding for the state’s 23 community action...


Healey signs $56 billion budget, agreeing to most spending and policy
08-10-2023 3:22 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

In her most significant legislative action since taking office in January, Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday signed into law her first annual state budget.Healey approved a $56 billion budget for fiscal year 2024 that increases spending roughly 6.2% over...


Mass. gets high marks for EV adoption, despite sluggish rollout
07-03-2023 2:01 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — A national research group continues to see Massachusetts as ahead of the curve and improving when it comes to electric vehicle adoption, even though the Bay State has a long way to go to meet its own rollout goals.The American Council for an...


Spilka declares plans for sales tax holiday
06-13-2023 4:54 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Lawmakers intend to schedule this year’s mandatory sales tax holiday for the weekend of Aug. 12-13, Senate President Karen Spilka said Monday.With a Thursday deadline to set the dates approaching, Spilka told reporters the Legislature intends...


Stalled road funding bill takes off-ramp
06-08-2023 5:00 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Lawmakers have been unable to reach informal agreement on an annual local road and bridge funding bill for more than two months, and now they’ll ask a formal negotiating team to try and unjam the process.The House and Senate on Thursday created a...


Mass. Senate approves $56B annual state budget
05-28-2023 5:02 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — The annual state budget season moved to the next phase Thursday evening as the Senate unanimously approved a nearly $56 billion spending plan that ramps up spending while setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars for a tax relief plan...


Revenue, convenience expected as temporary plates law kicks in
04-05-2023 5:02 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Under the terms of a new law, Massachusetts car dealerships and sellers can now start issuing temporary registration plates to out-of-state residents who purchase vehicles here.Rep. Smitty Pignatelli of Lenox, who co-filed the original version of a...


Boosted road repair funding still eludes municipalities
03-24-2023 3:45 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

City and town leaders are thankful that lawmakers tacked another $150 million onto a road and bridge maintenance funding bill, but they still want the Legislature to authorize more funding specifically for the Chapter 90 program.Massachusetts...


Municipal officials call for boost in road, bridge money
03-13-2023 10:16 AM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey checked off one long-unanswered priority for municipal leaders by proposing two years’ worth of road and bridge maintenance funding in a single bill, but after years of inflation, city and town leaders are worried this...


Ban bill aims to slow spread of PFAS damage
03-06-2023 9:34 AM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — What’s the first step in dealing with an overflowing bathtub?That’s the question MASSPIRG legislative director Deirdre Cummings asks to make her pitch for a sweeping new bill aimed at wrangling the presence of PFAS chemicals in food...

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