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BOSTON — Over two days this week, the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy will grapple with a complex and intricate issue that could determine whether Massachusetts lives up

Massachusetts will need to have at least 200,000 passenger electric vehicles on the roads by 2025 and 900,000 by 2030 to meet the state’s decarbonization commitments, energy officials said last year.

Massachusetts will need to have at least 200,000 passenger electric vehicles on the roads by 2025 and 900,000 by 2030 to meet the state's decarbonization commitments, energy officials from the Baker administration said last year.

History repeated itself at a hearing before the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy on Monday, where Attorney General Andrea Campbell testified in support of legislation to protect individual utility ratepayers.

Bill to expand health care providers for veterans with H1-B hiresDesignates VA and State Veterans Homes as cap exempt institutions for the H1-B visa program

This week’s report is on the latest fundraising and expenditure numbers for the state’s 160 representatives’ campaign committees from the latest filing period of April 1, 2023, to April 30, 2023. It also includes how much money each representative has...

Some Mass. lawmakers want to add embodied carbon reductions to the portfolio of policies the state will use to achieve decarbonization by 2050.

Some Mass. lawmakers want to add embodied carbon reductions to the portfolio of policies the state will use to achieve decarbonization by 2050.

Sen. Michael Barrett said that his name’s appearance on a joint committee hearing notice must either be an egregious mistake or fraud — a word, he said, that as an attorney he does not use lightly — as he did not sign the notice nor agree to the joint hearing.

Sen. Mike Barrett said he believes offshore wind developers have highlighted “legitimate” concerns, describing similar trends in European and Asian markets.