marc pacheco

Zero emissions by the year 2050 is the goal of a new bill filed in the Massachusetts Statehouse.

The Massachusetts Senate has endorsed an amendment to the FY19 budget that, for all intents and purposes, would make Massachusetts a sanctuary state. The measure is so off the wall that six Democrats ran for cover and joined their Republican colleagues in voting against it, including Westport's Mike Rodrigues and Taunton's Marc Pacheco...

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...