Massachusetts Senate

The Senate on Wednesday supported the permanent adoption of COVID-era voting allowances like expanded early voting and voting-by-mail, among other policies.

With the state Senate on the verge of voting to make mail-in balloting permanent in Massachusetts, advocates and some lawmakers are trying to expand access to eligible voters behind bars.

'It's not what everybody wants, but it's the kind of compromise that hopefully people can recognize is forward motion.' - Sen. William Brownsberger

Today the Massachusetts State Senate approved several local economic development projects sponsored by Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) as part of its latest economic recovery bill, S2842, the senator's office announced in a media release...

Cities and town leaders across Massachusetts are trying to build budgets with little information about local aid from the state.

The Democratic Senator said he procured an additional $250,000 for coronavirus testing and PPE.

Slow down and give the citizens a chance to be heard on such important legislation.

The reform legislation clears the way for the removal of school resource officers.

The state is said to be facing a $6-7 billion revenue loss, and the Senate has shown little appetite for raising taxes during the pandemic.

Immigrant detainees and Sheriff Thomas Hodgson tell different stories about what happened May 1 at the the Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center.