Baker appeals to feds for more help with migrants
Gov. Charlie Baker wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Monday, urging the BidenRead More
Tax refunds will start to flow on Tuesday
The first checks and direct deposits from a nearly $3 billion pot of excess tax revenue will head back to taxpayers starting on Tuesday whenRead More
Report: Mass. Housing Affordability Problems Worsening
BOSTON- By almost any metric — and researchers looked at more than a few in a new 122-page report — the region’s housing market remainsRead More
Harvard poll projects ‘Gen Z Wave” in November’s elections
Following two elections with historic youth turnout, the Harvard Youth Poll is once again predicting a “Gen Z wave” in the upcoming midterms. “I don’tRead More
Baker Recommends Second Batch Of Pardons
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 26, 2022…..Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday recommended his second batch of pardons in two weeks, proposing forgiveness for three people forRead More
Report: housing affordability problems in Massachusetts worsening
OCT. 26, 2022…..By almost any metric — and researchers looked at more than a few in a new 122-page report — the region’s housing marketRead More
Offers extended to some who lost jobs over vaccine mandate
The Baker administration has offered jobs back to “a small number” of former state employees who had been among a narrow minority of executive branchRead More
Low-speed Orange Line trips will extend into December
Some speed restrictions on the Orange Line that have befuddled riders and slowed trips will stay in place into December, more than two months afterRead More
LaHood: timing perfect to restart MBTA from ‘Ground Zero’
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 25, 2022…..Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing how to fix years of problems at the MBTA while state government stands on the thresholdRead More
Wu urges full-court press for MBTA workers
Policymakers across the state and local level need to deploy “every last bit of political will” to reinvigorate hiring at the short-staffed transit agency, BostonRead More