Keith Regan

All eyes are again on national news following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.  Statements from Bay State elected officials condemning political violence flooded social media and inboxes this weekend. Some took more personal routes, like the first of several statements released by Senate President Karen Spilka, who […]

It’s that time of the session where bedtimes are a thing of the past. Senators tied their version of the economic development bond package up with a bow last night at 11:45 p.m.  From 523 total amendments filed, the Senate adopted provisions spanning from increasing the age of individuals being tried for juvenile crimes to a local-option happy hour. Notably, the […]

The last time we talked ballot questions, the Uber– and Lyft-backed driver reclassification measure bowed out, and the five other proposals were ready to roll ahead, signatures in tow, for November’s ballot. The trajectory for one of those five questions just got a little murkier. A Massachusetts Restaurant Association higher-up filed an objection Wednesday challenging a number of signatures and petition […]

It’s the Senate‘s turn! To push a soccer stadium construction measure, that is — the same stadium idea that has been boomeranging between legislative chambers since 2022 without ever securing final approval. The proposal would enable the development of a soccer stadium in Everett along the Mystic River by removing the specific parcel from a designated […]

What exactly could a Cannabis Control Commission “overhaul” look like? We might hear some ideas later today. Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro is set to appear at an informational hearing to discuss the cannabis confusion that has overtaken the Bay State in past months — a follow-up to the scathing letter he wrote lawmakers in June dubbing the CCC a “rudderless” agency and […]

President Joe Biden might be sticking to his guns as far as the presidential race goes, but it doesn’t mean Massachusetts Democrats are silently falling into line. The fallout from Biden’s shaky June 27 debate against former President Donald Trump, and what it says about his prospects of winning in November, continue to envelope Beacon Hill, including Gov. Maura Healey, who has […]

It’s a hectic time in Massachusetts as the session comes to a close, and even more is on the horizon with voters headed to the polls in November.  After some madness last week, which brought a ballot question likely worth tens of millions of dollars to the end of the line just after it was cleared for the […]

All six ballot questions appeared to be marching onward toward voters Thursday morning following a pair of court rulings. But by the time the sun set, one of those was out of the mix for good. The campaign that has spent some three years pushing to define app-based drivers as independent contractors in state law […]

A tool communities and advocates say could help curb overdose deaths across the state takes the stage today, when Massachusetts for Overdose Prevention Centers gathers on Beacon Hill to address the concept that has yet to stick with state leaders. Overdose prevention centers — also called safe injection sites — are spaces staffed by medical professionals, where people can […]

In 2014, voters rejected a ballot measure nearly three to one that would have extended the five-cent beverage container deposit to drinks other than beer and soda. Ten years later, senators last night revisited the topic with a new vision for reform. Senators tacked an amendment onto their climate bill — via an unrecorded voice vote — with an expanded version that would […]