As Beacon Hill deals with the fallout of a chaotic end to formal sessions, some lawmakers are calling rules reform and a culture change at the State House. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: August 4, 2024 at 5:16 a.m. Read original article here Denial of … Read more
Legislative budget writers are supposed to deliver a yearly spending plan to the governor by July 1 — at least that’s what it says on paper. In practice, lawmakers have routinely blown past that deadline year after year, handing a spending document to the chief executive well past the state of the new fiscal year, … Read more
A twice-failed push to limit who can access state-funded emergency shelters based on the amount of time they have been in Massachusetts will rise from the ashes again later this week when the House takes up its fiscal year 2025 budget proposal. The Republican-backed effort to require prospective shelter residents to have lived in the … Read more
