House Speaker Robert DeLeo

Since President Kennedy signed The Equal Pay Act in 1963, the gap between our earnings and that of politicians has gone crazy! Massachusetts lawmakers are voting on a package of pay raises for their leadership, the governor and other top state elected officials ...

House Speaker Robert DeLeo says Massachusetts lawmakers should take a look at reports that former Gov. Deval Patrick used funds from quasi-public state agencies to help pay for trade missions he led as governor. The Boston Herald reported Wednesday that the former Democratic governor funneled more than $37 million from agencies like the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority and Massport into t

Bail for accused domestic batterers would be delayed and judges would be required to undergo training on domestic violence issues under a bill introduced at the Massachusetts Statehouse.       House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Attorney General Martha Coakley say the legislation unveiled Tuesday was spurred by the case involving Jared Remy, who's charged with fatally stabbing his girlfriend, Jennifer

Gov. Deval Patrick says he does not believe the process of selecting medical marijuana dispensaries should start again from scratch.       Patrick told reporters on Monday that none of the 20 applicants approved so far have been granted licenses to operate dispensaries and won't be until they verify all the information they provided in their applications...

The Massachusetts House has approved a repeal of an unpopular new technology tax. The House backed the repeal by a 156-1 vote when it met in a formal session Wednesday. Gov. Deval Patrick has said he's open to repealing the tax, which state officials had estimated would generate $161 million in the fiscal year that began July 1...