Ella Adams

There are no perfect analogues on Beacon Hill for the drama unfolding between Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and suspended Cannabis Control Commission Chairwoman Shannon O’Brien. But the closest thing might be the donnybrook of late 2001 and early 2002 over Acting Gov. Jane Swift‘s attempt to fire Jordan Levy and Christy Mihos from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board. And that’s why Goldberg’s office designed the ground […]

The Massachusetts Lottery is on track to turn a profit of $1.025 billion by the time this fiscal year ends June 30 and, with flat sales projected, will generate the same amount in fiscal year 2025, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg told lawmakers at Monday’s annual tax revenue hearing. If the Lottery hits its projections (it often performs better than […]

Last month’s special election win by Sen. Peter Durant put some wind back in the sails of the Massachusetts Republican Party and Chairwoman Amy Carnevale said in an interview that aired Sunday that the party is now busy using that momentum to recruit candidates to run for state and federal offices in 2024. Carnevale acknowledged on WCVB’s “On The Record” that running as […]

House and Senate Democrats continue to break their own dismal records. With no end in sight to their staring contest over what strings to attach to emergency shelter funding, the Legislature now appears on track for the most overdue closeout budget in nearly three decades. “This is the latest into the year that legislative leaders have […]

In the days since the state’s emergency assistance shelter system hit a ceiling on the number of families it would take in, about 90 families have been added to a waiting list for shelter, said Kelly Turley, associate director of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, at a candlelight vigil on the State House steps Monday […]

Clean heat in Massachusetts is about to get revamped.  The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is gearing up to recommend a new Clean Heat Standard, which would require heating energy suppliers to replace fossil heating fuels with clean heat over time by implementing clean heat or purchasing credits.  MassDEP is seeking stakeholder input on their draft regulations through December […]

MASSterList told you last week about former Gov. Charlie Baker’s plans for an official portrait, soon to grace the governor’s lobby. Turns out, there’s another portrait in the works that will take a spot on the State House’s walls of history. As with Baker, political finance records provided the clue: former Senate President Stan Rosenberg has engaged a local art […]

“What do we have? Seven more hours.” (That was Senate budget chief Michael Rodrigues at 5:20 p.m.) “According to the clock, an hour and 15 minutes, but you know, sometimes we work with that.” (That was Sen. Will Brownsberger, around 10:45 p.m., interpreting for Sen. Bruce Tarr how much time was left ’til the clock struck midnight.) […]

Gathering tens of thousands of signatures from registered voters typically looms as the largest obstacle en route to putting a question on the ballot, and the first contender among the 2024 field is about to claim success. Workers for Uber and Lyft who want the right to unionize, and the organized labor leaders who support them, plan […]