Work-at-home trend helping, but 180,000 without power in storm
Clad in a purple sweater, Gov. Charlie Baker and transportation officials said at midday Tuesday that there have been no major flooding or traffic problems associated with the nor'easter that has...
View ArticleBaker visits Barnstable County Multi-Agency Coordination Center to discuss...
Today Gov. Charlie Baker joined Senator Vinny deMacedo, Senator Julian Cyr, Representative Sarah Peake, Representative Will Crocker, Representative Randy Hunt, Representative Tim Whelan, utility...
View ArticleState 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleFatal work injuries in metro Boston at highest level since 2000
Fatal work injuries claimed 75 lives in the metro Boston area in 2016, the most since 2000, according to the federal government.The work-related fatalities here shot up by 27 -- a roughly 56 percent...
View ArticleOn 14th anniversary, same-sex marriage seen as 'same-old, same-old'
Today (May 17) marks the 14th anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in the United States, which took place here in Massachusetts.According to data obtained by the News Service, there have been...
View ArticleMarkey says reinstate oil export ban to address rising gas prices
After exporting more crude oil per day than ever before last week, U.S. Sen. Edward Markey on Monday called on Congress to reinstate the ban on exporting American crude oil, pointing to the outbound...
View ArticleBackground checks underway, Cannabis Commission may start awarding licenses...
With just more than a week until it can begin issuing business licenses, the Cannabis Control Commission is in the midst of conducting its first background checks for prospective legal marijuana...
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