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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reviews local senators’ votes in the 2023-2024 on several proposals to raise or lower taxes. Included are comments from legislators and others at the time the measures were voted upon. TAX RELIEF PACKAGE […]

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the number of times in the 2023 session each senator sided with Democratic Gov. Maura Healey and voted to sustain/support the governor’s vetoes of 24 items in the fiscal 2024 state […]

Massachusetts would become the second state in the nation to ban discrimination based on body size under a proposal aired at a recent hearing of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the percentage of times local senators voted with their party’s leadership in the 2023 session through Dec. 15. Beacon Hill Roll Call uses 97 votes from the 2023 Senate session as […]

A bill sponsored by two state senators would add height and weight to the list of aspects of identity for which discrimination is illegal, like sex, gender, race, religion and

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators’ roll call attendance records for the 2023 session through Dec. 8. The Senate has held 99 roll calls so far in the 2023 session. Beacon Hill Roll Call tabulates […]

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes from the week of Nov. 13-17. LONG TERM CARE CHANGES (H 4178) – House 158-0, approved and sent to the Senate legislation that supporters say will “take a comprehensive approach towards reforming the long-term care industry by supporting and expanding the workforce, […]

Once referred to as a 'ghost town', it made a comeback over the decades. Here's a look at Au Sable, Michigan...

Once referred to as a 'ghost town', it made a comeback over the decades. Here's a look at Au Sable, Michigan...

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes from recent roll calls on overriding Gov. Maura Healey’s veto of several items in the $56.2 billion fiscal 2024 budget. $774,000 FOR HOUSING SERVICES (H 4040) – House 129-26, Senate 38-0, overrode Gov. Healey’s veto of $774,000 (reducing funding from $10,474,000 million […]