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Frustrated lawmakers look to overhaul ballot question process
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (446+ words) Rep. Mike Day asks witnesses questions at a Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions hearing on an all-party primary ballot question on March 31, 2026. The near-term effect of the bill (H 5549) released by the House Ways and Means Committee is to expand…...
As elections near, Healey wants cost-saving bills on her desk
23+ hour, 52+ min ago (549+ words) Gov. Maura Healey speaks to reporters on June 29, 2026 in her office at the State House. "Lowering energy bills, for example, lowering healthcare costs, and you know, I've also got a couple of jobs bills that are really important for our…...
Overdoses | Health & Human Services | statehousenews. com
3+ week, 4+ day ago (154+ words) Overdoses State House News Service Opioid-related overdoses deaths are declining after setting a record high in 2023. Opioid deaths fall below 1, 000 for first year since 2013 The number of opioid-related overdose fatalities fell below 1, 000 for the first time in more than a…...
Massachusetts leaping deeper into quantum technology
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (808+ words) Gov. Maura Healey speaks during the launch event for MIT's Quantum Initiative Dec. 8, 2025. State leaders are committing millions of dollars for a new quantum center and lawmakers are also considering new legislation to create a public quantum center and investment…...
Tax policy choice in House bill knocked as 'political coercion"
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (754+ words) Massachusetts automatically conforms to some elements of the federal code, and state officials have said that allowing changes made in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that President Donald Trump signed July 4 to take effect right away would lead to…...
ICE sweeps viewed as 'real awakening' by immigration bill backers
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (746+ words) Rep. Manny Cruz of Salem speaks at a rally for legislation to protect immigrants outside the State House on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Top Democrats on Beacon Hill have shown little appetite to advance the measure, which was filed at the start…...
No-cost calls contribute to big runup in sheriffs' budgets
10+ mon, 2+ day ago (725+ words) It's typical that funding for sheriffs departments is inadequate in the annual state budget, but a News Service analysis of the governor's request shows that, if approved, it would raise projected spending of $720 million in the core sheriff department funding…...