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A bill that makes major changes to the voter-approved recreational marijuana bill, including higher taxes and more control for local officials over pot shops, has advanced out of a joint legislative committee, although not without controversy...

Marijuana sales would be taxed at a maximum rate of 18.75 percent under legislation being developed by the House in preparation for a Thursday vote that would also alter the oversight and local control of an industry legalized by voters last November, according to sources within the Legislature or close to the process...

Members of our legislative delegation should show leadership by asking their colleagues to at least temporarily suspend recent pay hikes and stipend increases until the worsening state budget crisis is resolved. Revenue Commissioner Michael Heffernan says the 2...

While visiting the Southcoast Friday for multiple events, Senators Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Governor Charlie Baker chimed in on the failed Republican bill aimed at repealing Obamacare.

Representative Antonio F. D. Cabral (D-New Bedford) was reappointed today Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets. “I am honored to have been appointed as Chair of this important committee,” stated Rep...

Senator Mark Montigny is coming under fire from critics of the state legislature's recent pay raise, after it was revealed the New Bedford Democrat could get a raise of up to $50,000 under the new legislative pay bill. The $18 million pay raise package was passed in both chambers of the state legislature before being vetoed by Governor Charlie Baker...

Two state representatives offered differing viewpoints on the recent pay raise for state legislators on Friday’s edition of The Barry Richard Show on WBSM. The bill came about after an advisory committee pushed it through last week, the day before the Presidential Inauguration, in quick fashion...

FALL RIVER - Governor Charlie Baker acknowledged that he will likely support a measure by the state legislature to delay the opening of recreational marijuana shops Thursday during a visit to Fall River.

Recreational marijuana will become legal in Massachusetts after voters approved Ballot Question 4 on Tuesday.

The politicians just don't understand that the people in this country have had enough of the same old, same old.  They don't get it. Government leaders across the land are missing the point about why Donald Trump is so popular with the folks.  D...