Former speaker Sal DiMasi released after five years in prison
Former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi will leave a North Carolina prison roughly two years before his projected release date on account of his ailing health, federal Judge Mark Wolf ruled Thursday.Wolf...
View ArticleCONSTRUCTION UPDATE: State now says road crews will be off the Mass. Turnpike...
There's good news for drivers worried that Mass. Turnpike roadwork might add to the congestion on Thanksgiving eve.After originally saying construction crews would remain on the turnpike until noon...
View ArticleAnti-hate rally denounces post-election incidents
On the steps of the State House Monday, before a large crowd onto Beacon Street, Harvard Law student Harmann Singh told a crowd that he was "aggressively accosted" in a store in Cambridge last week,...
View ArticleMass. workers to seek $15 an hour minimum wage
WORKERS PLAN TO SEEK STATEWIDE $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGEThe minimum wage in Massachusetts is set to rise one dollar to $11 an hour on Jan. 1, but low-wage workers are poised to press for passage in 2017...
View ArticleFind out how many people in your town picked to vote early
Three weeks after the election, the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts released the official numbers of early voters in the 2016 election.Statewide about 23 percent of registered voters...
View ArticleELECTION FOLLOWUP: Find out how many people in your town voted early
By most accounts the state's first foray into early voting was a success, with an average of 23 percent of the state's registered voters casting ballots in advance of election day. Check out this...
View ArticleEnergy landscape undergoes major changes
New England has undergone a profound shift in how it produces electricity over the past decade and a half, phasing out coal and oil plants while becoming more reliant on natural gas.
View ArticleCollege enrollment declining in Massachusetts
Since hitting a peak in 2013, enrollment at Massachusetts public colleges and universities has decreased for the third consecutive year, posing challenges that education leaders are working to address.
View ArticleSenate okays alcohol sales at farmers' markets
Farmer brewers and farmer distillers would be permitted to sell their alcoholic beverage products at farmers' markets under legislation that cleared the Senate during a lightly attended session...
View ArticleHealth chief concerned about youth as legal pot era dawns
After adult marijuana use becomes legal in Massachusetts Thursday, state health officials plan to keep up efforts to educate youth about the drug and prevent young people from using it."We continue...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists troubled by Trump policies
Alarmed by President-elect Donald Trump's emerging environmental policies, environmentalists in Massachusetts say it will be more important than ever for states to lead on issues.
View ArticleMarijuana’s legal in Massachusetts, so now what?
Voters in Massachusetts have legalized marijuana, but it will likely be more than a year before the first pot shops open in the state.In the meantime, there’s a long to-do list for lawmakers and...
View ArticleState minimum wage increasing to $11 in new year
When the Massachusetts minimum wage increases to $11 per hour on Jan. 1, it will be among the highest in the nation, but that won't last long.
View ArticleLawmakers in nuke plant zone frustrated by NRC
Amid a week-long shutdown of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, legislators from Plymouth say their greatest frustration is not with the plant's latest closure but in trying to get the federal Nuclear...
View ArticleSurprised Rep celebrates nativity scene set up inside State House
Rep. Jim Lyons got a Christmas surprise last week, in the form of a green light to host a nativity scene display in the State House.Actually, the Andover Republican was surprised twice -- first, in...
View ArticleSurprised Rep celebrates nativity scene set up inside State House
How do you feel about having a nativity scene at the State House? Weigh in on our poll below.
View ArticleLooking back at 2016 in Massachusetts
While a months-long drought left swaths of Massachusetts parched during much of 2016, a flood of important events and milestones cascaded through the Bay State throughout the year.
View ArticleEmployers warn $15 minimum wage would be costly
Raising the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour would increase costs for about 70 percent of Massachusetts businesses, forcing some to hold off on hiring or consider moving elsewhere, two surveys...
View ArticlePot law, opioids and the economy will be Baker's focus in State of the...
Though Gov. Charlie Baker won't give his annual State of the Commonwealth address until Jan. 24, he gave reporters a sneak peak at some of its themes Wednesday.The governor has been tight-lipped about...
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