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Charlie Baker on Wednesday unveiled legislation to cap sick leave accrual at no more than 1,000 hours, or six months of work.
The Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by that would have boosted funding for state laboratories by nearly $1.2 million, to about $13.5 million.
Massachusetts senators are exhibiting a strong appetite for spending, filing budget amendments with a total cost of more than $4.1 billion.
The long-awaited House energy bill met significant push back Monday over its limited scope.
After suspending work in April, Kinder Morgan has fully pulled the plug on its controversial Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline project.
The Baker administration is still a long way from developing the type of emissions reduction regulations that would meet the mandate handed down last week by the state's highest court.
In a little over 48 hours last week, 39 senators filed 1,167 amendments to the $39.497 billion fiscal 2017 budget produced by the 18-member Senate Ways and Means Committee.
Harrington his working to expand access to care and patient follow-up among other areas as it battles substance abuse disorder.
A UMass Boston analysis of the paid family and medical leave act being discussed at the state level is estimating that it would cost employers approximately $159 per employee each year to implement.
Organizations on the state and local levels are drumming up excitement for a nonstop train from Worcester to Boston that is scheduled to make its first trip on Monday.
Massachusetts employers added 13,900 jobs in April and the state's jobless rate dropped two ticks to 4.2 percent, state officials reported Thursday morning.
Rapid growth in enrollment and capital spending at the University of Massachusetts may be coming at the expense of the system's mission of serving in-state students.
While economic indicators are generally positive for the state, the latest report from MassBenchmarks said that the state is in a precarious position because of the uncertain outlook of the global economy and a recent slowdown in U.S. economic
Massachusetts lawmakers voted 135-57 Wednesday to advance a constitutional amendment designed to generate $1.9 billion for education and transportation by assessing a new 4 percent surtax on households with incomes above $1 million.
A unanimous Supreme Judicial Court ruling handed down on Tuesday affirms the state's obligations under a 2008 global warming law and orders state government to create and implement regulations that apply to multiple carbon sources to meet its
The Senate's budget chief has touted areas of increased investment, but offered little detail about how her committee kept overall spending in check.