Here are some takeaways from the new spending plan put forward Monday by the Massachusetts House.
Charlie Baker is riding high, but Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are facing a much more uphill climb.
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More than 140 Massachusetts municipalities have already raised their minimum legal sale age to 21 .
Legislators are beginning to discuss several ways to make the state more money.
"War doesn't get any easier than launching a few Tomahawk missiles," one congressman wrote. "Everything from here is harder."
About 2,000 Massachusetts residents will get $16 million after Santander settled allegations it made bad loans, even predicting defaults.
In 2018, you may be voting whether to lower that 6.25 percent sales tax and increase income tax on the wealthy.
Jeff Sessions said municipalities and states that do not comply will not be eligible for federal dollars.
With Obamacare here to stay (for now,) Gov. Baker and Mass. lawmakers have some work to do.
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The transit agency is desperately trying to bridge a $42 million gap in its budget.
The transition to Trumpcare, should it come to pass, is fraught with pitfalls for Massachusetts.
Massachusetts will join Washington state and Minnesota's expected lawsuit against the president's new ban
Proposed Winthrop Square development poised to cast more shadows on Boston's iconic parks.
Both senators and the entire congressional delegation called for Sessions' resignation Thursday after reports he lied about Russian contact.
One former Boston Public School student is giving back thanks to his mentors from Boston Partners in Education
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After an obscure Senate rule prevented Elizabeth Warren for speaking on the Senate floor, Democrats rallied behind the silenced senator.
During the debate on whether to name Jeff Sessions attorney General, Warren quoted Kennedy and Coretta Scott King. Republicans were angered.
Legislative leadership, governor, judiciary and others now stand to receive a significant pay bump.
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Does your representative's vote need to flip to block a potential override of Gov. Baker's veto?
Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey will join Democrats trying to block, or at least painfully stall, Neil Gorsuch's appointment.
The senator's nomination has turned into a proxy war over Trump's controversial order on immigrants and refugees.
After review, Attorney General Maura Healey said her office believes the order is "harmful, discriminatory and unconstitutional."
Massachusetts will join other states who intend to oppose the ban on immigrants and refugees from certain countries entering the U.S.
"...Confusion for families is real. The unexpected disruption for law abiding people is real. The lack of guidance...is hugely problematic."
The Massachusetts senator hasn't said a blanket "no" to Donald Trump's nominees, so far, but DeVos didn't make the cut.
A pricey, ultimately ineffective push to license another slots parlor in Massachusetts has paid out to resolve campaign finance issues.
But that veto could easily be overturned by lawmakers.
"Why not just declare January 25 as the Trump Administration's First Anti-Immigrant Day?" Elizabeth Warren demanded.
The big question mark is health care funding, as the federal government grapples with the Affordable Care Act.
Lydia Shire & team dish out wintertime specialties at the Liberty Hotel
Gov. Charlie Baker urged Massachusetts to focus inward, and away from Washington, as he touted his administration's successes so far.
The state's chapter of the National Rifle Association filed suit Monday to dismantle the 20-year ban on assault weapons.
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The firebrand Senator remains fairly popular in the Bay State, but new poll says Gov. Charlie Baker more popular and primed for reelection.
Sen. Jason Lewis says specifying the ballot question is lawmakers' job. Tell us what you think.
Charlie Baker will party alongside Mike Pence during "an elegant candlelit evening of dinner and dancing."