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Gov. Baker files legislation to make August, September Sales Tax Holiday months The Associated Press © Steven Senne (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday proposed expanding the state’s annual two-day sales tax holiday to a two-month event this year in an effort to supercharge the post-pandemic economy. The state can afford a 60-day period free of most sales taxes thanks to tax revenues that are almost 15% above projections as well as an infusion of f...

Legislation to allow public meetings to be held remotely, eviction protections, health care flexibilities and an assortment of other pandemic policy adjustments on the books past next week cleared the Senate on Thursday, leaving a tight window for...

Legislation to keep remote public meetings, eviction protections, health care flexibilities and an assortment of other pandemic policy adjustments on the books past next week cleared the Senate on Thursday, leaving a tight window for action from the House and Gov. Charlie Baker.

Senate bill proposes extensions for a series of measures that would otherwise expire on or after next Tuesday when the governors COVID emergency ends

Legislation to keep remote public meetings, eviction protections, health care flexibilities and an assortment of other pandemic policy adjustments on the books past next week cleared the Senate on Thursday,

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from recent debate on the Senate version of a $47.72 billion fiscal year 2022 budget. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.MassHealth must report bed holds (S 3)...

A bill is advancing on Beacon Hill to extend some of the pandemic-era emergency provisions that are due to expire next week.

By State House News Service Beacon Hill lawmakers and other officials have for years lambasted unscrupulous employers that do not pay workers what they are owed, but enhanced wage theft prevention and enforcement legislation has repeatedly stalled out as liability provisions keep some employer groups from getting on board.  Image Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development heard testimony Tuesday on six bills dealing with wag...

Email Rep. Tami Gouveia, a progressive, second-term lawmaker from Acton, is announcing her campaign Monday to be the next lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, calling for a more ambitious approach and robust social safety net as the state emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve been playing it much too safe for a state that is as rich in resources as we are, that is as smart and as educated as we are, and there’s opportunities for us to address some of the policies that have left peop...

Local Rep. pondering political future.