Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s ballot initiative fueled by $360,000 to paid signature companies

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s ballot push to audit the Legislature – which she portrays as a groundswell of grassroots support by Massachusetts voters – is actually fueled by her own political account, out of state corporations and hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to professional signature companies. DiZoglio’s Committee for Transparent Democracy — run … Read more

Diana DiZoglio won’t back down (good!)

Diana DiZoglio is looking for love in all the wrong places. It is a subject the state auditor brought up during a WCVB-TV interview last weekend. She said she was not receiving much love when it comes to the state’s $56.1 billion 2025 budget. DiZoglio should know that love is rare on Beacon Hill. There … Read more

Mass. Auditor says Legislature has lost that loving feeling amid funding shortfall

The state auditor is not feeling the love from the Legislature or the Healey administration these days. According to Auditor Diana DiZoglio, while there are many ways to demonstrate affection, the “love language” on Beacon Hill is money and her budget is facing some fairly telling funding shortfalls. “I’m going to compare this, on the … Read more

Legislature forms yet another joint committee, this one to tackle voter petitions

With an unusually high number of initiative petitions to consider this year, leaders in the Legislature have announced they will tackle the long list of potential ballot questions through the creation of a new special joint committee. The offices of House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka issued a joint statement on Monday, … Read more