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Senate Session Summary - Monday, June 15, 2026
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (559+ words) CONVENES: The Senate convened at 11: 08 a. m. , Sen. Bill Driscoll of Milton presiding. Sen. Kelly Dooner of Taunton was also present. PLEDGE: Senators, guests and staff rose to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. GUESTS: Sen. Driscoll introduced guests from the Azores and…...
Campaign Notebook: Housing Question Impacts | Candidates & Character Flaws
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (130+ words) State House News Service SHNS Reporter's Notebook on Dec. 3 at the State House. House Session Summary - Monday, June 15, 2026 Senate Session Summary - Thursday, June 11, 2026 2025-2026 SHNS Conference Committee Scorecard Spending bill, hot works, book protections on House agenda Mass. health officials monitoring…...
Court rejects bid to derail marijuana ballot question | Judiciary | statehousenews. com
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (196+ words) The Supreme Judicial Court disagreed in a 20-page opinion written by Justice Bessie Dewar. "The Attorney General argues that the petition's various parts all relate to the common purpose of restricting the use of recreational marijuana through a new integrated…...
Healey signs $1. 56 billion spending bill, disabilities languaging bill | Executive Branch | statehousenews. com
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (606+ words) The spending package marks another major deployment of revenue generated by the voter-approved constitutional amendment imposing an additional 4% tax on annual income above $1 million. The new tax continues to spin off large amounts of revenue for education and transportation, while…...
New CCC chair flags internal operations as 'critically important"
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (471+ words) "It's time of change like this that presents an opportunity to say 'Are there things we can do differently or better this internally in the agency?' But this is critically important, because the work that we do here, internally, helps…...
Weekly Roundup: Summer of Conviviality
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (614+ words) As it welcomed international tourists and prepared to board 20, 000 passengers onto commuter trains to upcoming World Cup matches in Foxborough, South Station was busier than usual on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. Hotel bookings have been softer than expected and there wasn't a…...
Campaign Notebook: Korgood Challenged | Tech Policy Primary | WFP Targets Incumbents
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (250+ words) State House News Service SHNS reporter's notebook on Dec. 3, 2025 at the State House. House Session Summary - Thursday, June 11, 2026 Senate Session Summary - Thursday, June 11, 2026 2025-2026 SHNS Conference Committee Scorecard Spending bill, hot works, book protections on House agenda Mass. health officials monitoring…...
Road, rail, housing funds packed into new transportation law
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (466+ words) The measure, which cleared the House and Senate with broad support this spring, continues a recent increase in Chapter 90 funding, the state's primary source of local transportation aid. Communities use the money for road resurfacing, bridge repairs, sidewalk construction, intersection…...
Senate Session Summary - Thursday, June 11, 2026
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (107+ words) This is a live file of an ongoing Senate session, check back for updates. Senators are set to take up child welfare legislation (S 3111) and can address any of the items on the Senate calendar. CONVENES: The Senate convened at…...
Farmworkers hope pay bill emerges in late-session legislative harvest
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (556+ words) Sen. Jamie Eldridge speaks at a rally in favor of bills that would raise the minimum wage and offer overtime and paid time off (H 2108, S 2011 and S 2012) on June 10, 2026." STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, June 10, 2026. .Farmworkers are hoping lawmakers will advance…...