By Credit search: State House News Service
By ALISON KUZNITZ
With thousands of Massachusetts residents expected to lose access to food assistance benefits under the federal megalaw, Gov. Maura Healey has launched a task force to help the state navigate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cuts.
By ELLA ADAMS
BOSTON — As lawmakers begin to think about regulating the use of drones in Massachusetts, industry professionals are urging them to rethink their approach.
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — Massachusetts could become the first state to ban future generations from buying tobacco or nicotine products, a move that some say will finally end addiction to the harmful products, but others argue removes adult choices and freedom and would hurt small businesses.
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — Summer reading programs, English language classes, online research databases used in public schools across the state, free newspaper archives, e-book access, and GRE and career prep resources are on the chopping block as a cut to federal funding is poised to hit Massachusetts libraries.
By CHRIS LINISKI
BOSTON — The House is poised to pass legislation Wednesday that would update the 2022 law shielding reproductive and transgender care in Massachusetts from legal threats that one top Democrat described as a “game of whack-a-mole.”
By CHRIS LISINKSI
A key legislative committee moved forward on a nearly $1.2 billion borrowing bill that embraces Gov. Maura Healey’s push for more road maintenance funding while rebuffing her attempt to authorize half a decade of money at once.
By ELLA ADAMS
BOSTON — Massachusetts experienced a more than 36% decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2024, the state Substance Addiction Services Bureau reported Wednesday.
By CHRIS LISINSKI and COLIN A. YOUNG
BOSTON — The top Republican in the Massachusetts House is still parsing the so-called “big, beautiful bill” that became law Friday to figure out where he lands.
By CHRIS LISINSKI
Senators are moving closer toward a vote on legislation that would prohibit public K-12 students from using cellphones during the school day.
By MICHAEL P. NORTON
State officials said Monday that $108 million in federal education grants that were expected to arrive July 1 are now instead under review “to make sure they align with President Trump’s priorities.”
By CHRIS LISINSKI
On the same day President Donald Trump signed a landmark domestic policy bill that will reshape state finances for years to come, Gov. Maura Healey approved a $60.9 billion annual budget and rolled out a companion proposal designed to empower her administration with greater cost-cutting power.
By ALISON KUZNITZ
BOSTON — As turmoil engulfed a federal vaccine advisory panel earlier this month, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein urged his own set of advisors to stay open-minded while also hinting at the possibility of disentangling state policy from the Trump administration.
By SAM DRYSALE
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey is “less focused on regulation and more focused on implementation” of artificial intelligence, and says she hasn’t “focused too much” on a piece of the budget bill moving through Congress that would prevent states from regulating AI.
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — If enacted, Pell Grant cuts approved by the U.S. House could upend free community college programs that are just getting started in Massachusetts and saddle current and former students with more student loan debt, public higher education officials warned.
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — A bill to fortify protections under a 2022 law that shields reproductive and transgender care providers from out-of-state and federal threats received a favorable report from the Senate members of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary on Thursday.
By ALISON KUZNITZ
Gov. Maura Healey backed Newsom on Wednesday as protests over federal immigration raids have dragged into their fifth day in Los Angeles.
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — Public construction projects costing over $1 million would be required to use apprentices, under a bill that union supporters say will guarantee the future of the state’s trade workforce.
By ELLA ADAMS
BOSTON – Massachusetts is mired in a work zone safety “crisis,” and allowing state transportation vehicles to utilize blue lights at sites on high-speed roadways would slow down drivers and save lives, the state’s top highway official told lawmakers on Tuesday.
By CHRIS LISINSKI
Representatives on one legislative committee are not ready to decide whether one of the most controversial proposals on their plate should move forward early in the lawmaking term.
By ELLA ADAMS
BOSTON – To the tune of the 215th Army Band, families of Massachusetts veterans who lost their lives during or as a result of service gathered with state leaders this week in anticipation of Memorial Day and in recognition of their loved ones’ sacrifices.
By SAM DRYSDALE
Career technical schools in Massachusetts will use a lottery system to admit students when there are more applicants than available seats, an approach that supporters say will ensure fairness and critics warn will water down education standards.
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