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With the State's fiscal year budget not yet set, business owners and savvy shoppers are wondering if Massachusetts will once again hold a sales tax holiday weekend. The holiday is typically set for August, and nixes the State's 6.25% sales tax...

Westport State Representative Paul Schmid was grilled Thursday on WBSM over his vote on the transgender anti-discrimination bill. WBSM's Barry Richard repeatedly asked Schmid if the bill was necessary, considering that it is already illegal to discriminate against anyone because of their race, creed, religion, sex, or sexual orientation...

The City of New Bedford welcomed a possible congressional ally for the fishing industry Thursday to tour fisheries along the harbor.

The Massachusetts Legislature is one step closer to taxing the rich to fund the state. Wednesday's Joint Constitutional Convention had legislators voting 135-57 in favor of enacting a 4% surtax on Massachusetts residents earning more than $1 million a year...

Retired U.S. Representative Barney Frank is no stranger to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus, often paying a visit to speak with students or groups of the public.

A member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives says many people are under a large misconception when it comes to a proposed transgender rights bill.

State Representative Antonio Cabral is applauding the state's Trial Court recommendation to build a new, larger courthouse in downtown New Bedford.

Bill Straus will represent the 10th Bristol District in the Massachusetts Legislature for a 12th term after Tuesday night's victory.

A number of New Bedford's headliner projects would see improvements under a $1.6 billion Environmental Bond bill just passed in a house committee. Representative Antonio Cabral, Chairman of the Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, says the bill now goes from his committee to the house Ways and Means Committee, with $78...

Republican state Rep. Daniel Winslow says he's ``99 percent'' sure he'll run in a special election for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Winslow formed an exploratory committee on Tuesday to test the waters for a possible candidacy...