The governor's budget leans heavily on one-time revenues, including $1.8 billion in federal funding and a $1.35 billion withdrawal from the state's $3.5 billion "rainy day" fund.
A bill filed by two local lawmakers that would ban county sheriffs and state police from 'preserving order' at Massachusetts polling places on election day.
The Massachusetts Coalition of Police asked officials to condemn violent attacks on police officers, to stop calls to 'defund the police,' and to be 'honest and forthright about what genuinely constitutes effective police reform' in the state.