state budget

The Massachusetts Legislature this year was the last in the country to finalize a spending plan and send it to the governor.

Pending legislation includes banning tackle football till the eighth grade and okaying the online sale of lottery tickets.

The delegation scrambles to take credit individual credit for the budget.

The Massachusetts Legislature passed its Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget, which invests in programs and services across the Commonwealth.

Barry suggests no pay for lawmakers if they can't get a budget done on time.

Lawmakers have filed more than 1,300 amendments.

Lawmakers have taken the weekend off without passing a budget.

BOSTON (AP) -  Lawmakers on Beacon Hill have a mountain of unfinished business and less than three months until formal meetings end July 31.
Tasks include sending Republican Gov. Charlie Baker a $41 billion budget for the coming fiscal year...

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker plans to recommend $15 million in additional state funding for school districts that are educating students displaced by hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Republican told the Massachusetts Municipal Association on Friday that he …

BOSTON (AP) _ Summer vacation is nearing an end for Massachusetts lawmakers, who have a lengthy to-do list for the fall months.
Among the issues the Democratic-controlled Legislature could tackle upon returning from August recess are Medicaid cost containment, criminal justice reform and bills relate…