Beacon Hill Lawmakers

It's bad enough Beacon Hill lawmakers are quibbling over legal marijuana, the budget and Planned Parenthood funding. The Commonwealth is hundreds of millions of dollars in red ink, and what do several Reps. and Senators propose, a single payer, taxpayer supported, Medicare for all system...

New Bedford's most staunch supporter of illegal immigrants has been beaten back, at least temporarily in his efforts to keep local sheriffs from working with federal immigration officials in identifying dangerous criminal illegal aliens...

Massachusetts has approximately 8,000 electric vehicles on the road. The Baker administration along with Beacon Hill lawmakers are pushing for a 300,000 quota over the next eight years. It's nice to have lofty goals, but check out some of the mandates and uses of your tax dollars to attain 300,000 electric vehicles...

Gov. Deval Patrick is delivering his final $36.4 billion state budget plan to Beacon Hill lawmakers, which proposes increasing spending by 4.9 percent over the current fiscal year.       Patrick said the 2015 fiscal year spending plan expands early education, helps close the achievement gap in schools, ensures affordable health care, and addresses youth and urban violence...