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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The chairman of the New England Fishery Management Council is appealing to the U.S. Senate to allow for more flexibility under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The act serves as the governing standard for fisheries across the country...

BOSTON — Better late than never. The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed a compromise $40.2 billion state budget today. The House approved the spending plan on a 140-9 vote, while the Senate passed it by a 36-2 vote. The budget trims spending about $400-$500 million, because of a $733 million reduction in anticipated tax revenues for the fiscal year 2018, which began July 1...

The Massachusetts Senate passed legislation today that will prohibit the use of handheld mobile devices while driving, unless they are in hands-free mode. The so-called "Distracted Driving bill" was spearheaded by Senator Mark Montigny of New Bedford, a longtime advocate of the prohibition of mobile phones and devices being used while driving...

Boston (AP) - After a week of sharp divisions and heated rhetoric over the future of the Massachusetts' recreational marijuana law, it's now up to a conference committee of six legislators to try and sort everything out. The panel will try over the next week to resolve differences between a House bill that infuriated pro-marijuana activists by proposing a major overhaul of the voter-approved law,

The Massachusetts House of Representative and Senate agreed Friday to compromise on a one-year, $200 million local road repair bill. Earlier this month the Senate passed its version of the bill which contained two years' worth of funding rather than the one year proposed by the House...

The Massachusetts Senate today approved a new multi-year road bill that will bring just over $2 million in funding to New Bedford. The vote comes just one week after the House approved its version of the bill, which featured one year's worth of $200 million in Chapter 90 funding...

The time has come for a good old fashioned House cleaning...and a Senate cleaning too! The members of the New Bedford Legislative Delegation have been around too long and have proven to be largely ineffective.  It's time for change...

Senator Mark Montigny has been appointed to two of the top leadership positions in the Massachusetts State Senate. The New Bedford Democrat was appointed Assistant Majority Leader, as well as chairman of the powerful Committee on Rules Wednesday...

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...

President Trump's pick to head the Treasure will be confirmed by the United States Senate on a party line vote. Many actors and actresses openly despise Donald Trump but how many realize his friend Steven Mnuchin was financing their movies before he joined team Trump?