Vote by mail “has been a matter of controversy” after Massachusetts sued the Trump administration over an executive order that directed the USPS to not transmit mail-in or absentee ballots from anyone not on a state-specified voter participation list.”With 600,000 ballots on the street, I think it’s important for people to vote them and send them back,” Secretary of State William Galvin said, calling the figure average and declaring that his “strong suggestion” is that mail-in voters return their ballots “immediately.”
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Healey, through her letter to the head of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, is wading into an escalating battle between small towns along the Quabbin and the quasi-public agency that uses that water to serve 2.7 million residents in 61 communities mostly in and around Boston.
Schlick will coordinate state government agencies and work with communities to “prepare for rising temperatures, protect public health and reduce the impacts of extreme heat,” according to a press release from Gov. Maura Healey’s office.
IN THE WAKE OF alleged signature fraud, rifts within the Republican Party have emerged. Republicans and Democrats have also found common ground: a desire
As they wrapped up a host of priorities on the last day for major new business, legislators gave final approval to a measure aimed at preventing politically charged book bans.
WHEN SHE WALKS INTO the State House next week, Senate President Karen Spilka will be doing something no one has done – or been allowed to do – since the
Revenue generated from the state surtax on wealthier households was up more than 13 percent last budget year, totaling more than $3.38 billion, the Department of Revenue reported this week.
Pressed about aspects of a potential health care bill, House Speaker Ron Mariano said, “I know the committee, health care policy, has done an awful lot of work in prescription drug stuff, so we’ll start probably with that, and see where that takes us.”
The new infrastructure lending program would provide cities and towns with flexible, low-interest financing to address funding gaps, advance priority projects, and maximize access to federal resources.
With a bevy of bills in play, legislators need to figure out not just which policies they want to advance to protect user data and shield minors from addictive feeds, but which vehicles will host the proposed reforms.