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Ballot question campaigns take next step toward November
06-23-2024 5:00 PM

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON – Musicians hauling three drums, two trombones, a saxophone and and a tuba played their way up Park Street to the corner of Beacon on Tuesday afternoon – blocking traffic and leading dozens of ralliers in the day’s 90-degree heat — to celebrate...

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Gun law negotiators close House-Senate talks
03-29-2024 4:40 PM

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON — Lawmakers tasked with negotiating details of a major firearms bill left their work open to the public last week — a move that broke from opaque traditions on Beacon Hill. A week later, those negotiators moved to close their meetings to the...


Senate passes gun law reforms, 37-3
02-04-2024 5:00 PM

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON— The Senate on Thursday night approved a sweeping overhaul of state firearms laws, setting up talks with the House that could lead to a major new law later this spring or summer.The Senate bill seeks to rein in untraceable ghost guns, bans...


State report emphasizes flexibility, tech in education
01-31-2024 5:00 PM

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON — Following a presentation on reforming education to embrace artificial intelligence, build more flexibility into the school day, and fundamentally rethink how and where students learn, the state’s K-12 education commissioner agreed that...


Lawmakers weigh standard to guard access to library books
01-14-2024 5:00 PM

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON—Amid a historic surge in book challenges in schools and public libraries across the state, some lawmakers are hoping to codify protections to prevent books from being removed from public spaces.Sen. Julian Cyr of Truro and Rep. John Moran of...


Judge clears way for Healey administration’s cap on family shelters
11-02-2023 3:44 PM

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON—A Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request to put a temporary hold on the Healey administration’s plan to cap the number of families in the state’s strained emergency shelter system.The decision followed an emergency court hearing on...


Shifting landscape may finally lift sex ed bill in Massachusetts
05-31-2023 3:09 PM

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON — Over the past decade, the Senate has passed a bill that would remodel what sex education looks like in Massachusetts on four occasions — but House Democrats have never taken it up.With a new governor who may be more amenable to the measure...


Healey: tax relief remains “absolutely essential”
05-08-2023 4:43 PM

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey doubled down on her tax relief plan on Friday, insisting that a shortfall in state revenue that has plunged this year’s state budget into the red was predicted and accounted for in her fiscal 2024 budget.“We put together our...


Campbell outlines gun enforcement approach
02-20-2023 4:16 PM

By Sam Drysdale

In addition to the creation of promised reproductive health care and police accountability units, the attorney general’s office will be adding a gun enforcement unit and government accountability working group under Andrea Campbell’s purview.Campbell...


Muni officials appeal for remote meeting extension
02-15-2023 4:42 PM

By Sam Drysdale

The state needs to take action to make remote participation in town meetings permanent, according to the president of the Local Government Advisory Commission.In Lexington, where LGAC President Jill Hai is a select board member, representatives at...

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