Stanley Rosenberg

MA Jobs In Jeopardy
MA Jobs In Jeopardy
MA Jobs In Jeopardy
Here they come again!  Massachusetts lawmakers, looking to make an already unfriendly business climate even less friendly is once again targeting business from all angles. In just the next week your state reps. and senators are likely to advance the so-called "millionaires tax" that would sock high income earners with a 4 percent surtax supporters say could generate another 1... Read Mor
Exploiting Holocaust
Exploiting Holocaust
Exploiting Holocaust
As the Massachusetts Legislature prepares for an historic vote tomorrow that will greatly increase it's pay, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, who is leading the pay raise effort, is attempting to divert attention away from his greedy deeds by likening President Trump to, we'll you guessed it, Hitler ...
Rosenberg To Vote Yes
Rosenberg To Vote Yes
Rosenberg To Vote Yes
Senate President Stan Rosenberg says he's planning to vote for a ballot question that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Massachusetts. The Amherst Democrat said during an interview Thursday on WGBH-FM that he will vote for Question 4 and then try to make improvements to the measure...
Connecting With Young People
Connecting With Young People
Connecting With Young People
Democratic Senate President Stan Rosenberg says Beacon Hill hasn't done a good enough job connecting with the state's young citizens. Rosenberg on Wednesday launched what he's calling a ``Millennial Engagement Initiative'' to reach out to young people on a range of issues, from student debt and social media privacy to the ``gig'' economy that has allowed freelancers to flourish...
Funding For Body Cameras
Funding For Body Cameras
Funding For Body Cameras
Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg wants state lawmakers to approve funding to help local police departments try body cameras. Rosenberg told The Boston Globe Wednesday that some cities and towns are already testing the devices...
Sales Tax Holiday
Sales Tax Holiday
Sales Tax Holiday
Prospects for another sales tax holiday in Massachusetts are looking up. House Speaker Robert DeLeo said Monday that he expects lawmakers to act ``relatively soon'' on a bill that would suspend the state's 6.25 percent sales tax for one weekend during the summer...
New Senate Rules
New Senate Rules
New Senate Rules
The state Senate is considering a proposed set of rules for the 2015-2016 session that includes efforts to improve transparency. The new rules, set for a vote on Wednesday, would require the Senate to make a list of bills available to the public two days before any meeting scheduled to consider those bills...
State House Meetings
State House Meetings
State House Meetings
UPUDATE:  Republican Gov.-elect Charlie Baker and Democratic legislative leaders are promising to work together to address the state's most pressing issues despite their political differences. Following private meetings at the Statehouse on Monday morning, legislative leaders praised the governor-elect as ready to hit the ground running on fiscal and other issues...