state budget

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 planned to make the request in his annual state budget proposal next week. ...

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 related to immigration...

BOSTON (AP) - The new fiscal year begins today and Massachusetts lawmakers have yet to approve a new state budget. A six-member committee made up of members of the Massachusetts House and Senate failed to agree on a single compromise budget on Friday as the clock ran down on the 2017 fiscal year...

BOSTON (AP) _ Last call at casinos is proving to be a tough call for Massachusetts lawmakers. Tucked into a proposed $40.5 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 is language that could allow Massachusetts casinos to serve liquor to gamblers until 4 a...