15+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1087+ words) Beacon Hill's biennial sprint to its old July 31 deadline has always been a race against a firm legislative calendar. This year, lawmakers are walking up to a new, more forgiving deadline while voters and interest groups are racing towards the…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1081+ words) Money talks, and in the crowded race for the North Shore’s open Congressional seat, there’s a lot of talk about money — who has it, who doesn’t, where they’re spending and where it’s all coming from. The latest chapter in the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (886+ words) Reading the tea leaves on Mariano's fun agenda State senators are ready to vote on their “fun agenda,” a package of ideas some in the chamber say would liven up Massachusetts — happy hours and later last calls, cheaper resale concert…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1308+ words) New legislative rule is taking the deadline tension out of July, but what will January look like? One way to react to the relative quiet that marked the start of this week on Beacon Hill: pop open a window and…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1300+ words) Would term limits make Massachusetts elections more competitive? First-time candidate Chris Oates says he was surprised and a little depressed to find out how much of campaigning has turned out to be "just getting people to pay attention to the…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (740+ words) Keller on winning friends and influencing people around bike lanes Polls show we spend more time gambling or guzzling social media sewage than reading, and that’s a shame. There’s less chance people who need it will absorb the wisdom of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (926+ words) Will Beacon Hill erode its own power over liquor-license quotas? Anyone who’s still in a bar past 2 a.m. or sipping a sidewalk beer in Downtown Crossing could make a convincing case that the World Cup got Massachusetts to loosen up…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1234+ words) It’s Big Tech vs. the startups as Beacon Hill weighs new AI oversight rules. Stop me if you've heard this one before: an audit, and how it would be conducted, is a flashpoint on Beacon Hill. This time it's not…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1383+ words) Who’s on which side as a former Middlesex assistant district attorney takes on his ex-boss Cambridge Democrat David Solet is trying to pull off a feat his supporters say an assistant district attorney hasn’t accomplished in nearly 50 years: toppling their…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1076+ words) A newly created state fund would help cover medical costs for retired police K9s State and local government employees get pensions and health insurance when they retire. Retired police dogs, too, could be in line for benefits under a new state…...