Rent control push fueled by painful housing pinch
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 29, 2019.....Fed up with high housing costs and the lack of action on Beacon Hill, activists and lawmakers rallied Tuesday in support of legislation that would re-enable rent...
View ArticleROE Act supporters, opponents active on Beacon Hill
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 30, 2019.....ROE Act opponents gathered Wednesday to rally against legislation that would remove obstacles and expand access to abortion and women's reproductive...
View ArticleMayoral contests, tax votes in Tuesday's elections
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 4, 2019.....Voters are set to head to the polls in 58 Massachusetts communities on Tuesday, deciding local races that the state's elections overseer said hinge on "some of the...
View ArticleStores to close in protest of Sen. Keenan's proposed menthol ban
Hundreds of convenience stores plan to close all day Wednesday while store owners rally to oppose a proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and "demonstrate the critical role (the stores) play in providing...
View ArticleNew ruling dents vape ban for medical marijuana
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 5, 2019.....When the Cannabis Control Commission meets Thursday, it could determine whether Gov. Charlie Baker's temporary ban on vaping product sales should apply to medical...
View ArticleGilpin retiring from top State Police post
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 6, 2019.....After exactly two years leading the 2,100-member Massachusetts State Police force during a time of scandal and turmoil, Col. Kerry Gilpin will retire as...
View ArticleSen. Pacheco calls out colleagues over lack of climate action
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 7, 2019.....The chair of the Senate Global Warming Committee dialed up the pressure on his colleagues on Thursday to act on climate legislation in the next two weeks.While...
View ArticleCCC orders licensees to quarantine vaping products
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 12, 2019.....As the governor's ban on the sale of vaping products lifted at noontime Tuesday for medical marijuana patients, the Cannabis Control Commission stepped in and...
View Article'Conrad's Law' pitched as way to avert tragedies
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 12, 2019.....Massachusetts is one of only eight states without a statute explicitly criminalizing coercion of suicide, a gap that lawmakers hope to close in the wake of...
View ArticleSenators visit Milton's Trailside Museum
The stop was part of a tour of a local Senate district.
View ArticleFirefighter remembered as "Hero to his last breath"
The governor and lieutenant governor on Wednesday praised Lt. Jason Menard as a hero, after the Worcester firefighter lost his life in a blaze on Stockholm Street earlier Wednesday morning.Gov. Charlie...
View ArticleCol. Christopher Mason named superintendent of Massachusetts State Police
Gov. Charlie Baker has named Col. Christopher Mason as the next Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police.Mason graduated from the State Police Academy in October 1993.Prior to being promoted to...
View ArticleHouse votes to make Mass. first to ban menthol cigarettes
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 13, 2019.....The Massachusetts House voted Wednesday to ban the sale of flavored vaping and tobacco products -- including mint and menthol cigarettes -- and to impose an...
View ArticleVote on college screening rules planned in December
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 18, 2019.....State higher education officials need to develop a screening process to identify colleges at risk of closure and a training program for boards of trustees, under...
View ArticleRetailers: Flavor ban hands market to 'criminals and gangs'
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 18, 2019.....As the Senate prepares to pass legislation Wednesday banning flavored tobacco products and taxing vaping products, convenience store owners are making a...
View ArticleDistracted driving bill could go to Gov. Baker this week
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 18, 2019.....Nine years after the state implemented a difficult-to-enforce ban on texting while driving, five months after legislative negotiators began the latest attempt to...
View ArticleMass. senate votes to ban single-use plastic bags
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 20, 2019.....The Massachusetts Senate approved a statewide ban on retail businesses offering single-use plastic bags, but the bill advanced Wednesday night with more dissent...
View ArticleMassachusetts poised to lead states with flavored tobacco ban
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 21, 2019.....The sale of all flavored vaping and tobacco products, including mint and menthol, would be banned in Massachusetts, and e-cigarettes would be newly taxed, under a...
View ArticleState fire marshal offers Thanksgiving safety tips
Thanksgiving is number one day for home fires in Massachusetts
View ArticleVape users, businesses rip Gov. Baker's sales ban
BOSTON, NOV. 22, 2019.....Opponents of the Baker administration's temporary ban on all vaping products came out in force Friday to slam the emergency regulation in the only public hearing scheduled on...
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