State House News Service

Democratic state lawmakers are looking to send Gov. Charlie Baker a bill as soon as next week that would dedicate $55 million to COVID-19 testing, youth vaccination and school mask supplies.

More than 2 million Massachusetts residents have received vaccine boosters to add to their protection against COVID-19, but as the omicron variant spreads, some experts warn that the Baker administration has not done enough.

Amid the COVID-19 surge and a health care staffing shortage, Gov. Charlie Baker will activate hundreds of National Guard personnel and require hospitals to postpone or cancel non-essential elective procedures.

Final contracts with Vineyard Wind and Mayflower Wind are supposed to be submitted for Department of Public Utilities approval by April 27, 2022.

Airlines often charge passengers a fee to check their bags, but U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has unveiled legislation aimed at scaling back these and other "ridiculous" charges.

Gov. Charlie Baker will not seek a third term, throwing wide open the 2022 race for the state's top political office after close to two years of managing through a global pandemic.

Fall River and New Bedford will officially stay in separate districts after Gov. Charlie Baker signed the redistricting bills into law on Monday.

On Wednesday the state legislature sent the governor fresh maps redrawing the state's congressional district boundaries, over objections from senators on southeastern districts.

One Republican lawmaker from Bristol County thinks protests have gone too far — and he has an idea for what to do about it.

Fall River and New Bedford would remain in different Congressional districts under a revised map released on Monday despite calls to unite the two cities.