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Friend, Do you ever feel so frustrated at the opaque, anti-democratic nature of our state house, that you just don’t have the words to….

We meet again friend, Our regular scooptress Erin is on a birthday vacation (good for her!), which means I get to do all the complaining….

Happy August! In addition to it being the best month of the year (and no I am not just saying that because it’s my birth month, and frankly….

We finally have a budget! Well, sort of: legislative leaders announced Friday afternoon that the House and Senate negotiators have come to….

I’m just here for the t-shirt. or so Ways & Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz quipped at an event on Monday when he was asked by a reporter what….

It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy.  If you’re a lawmaker on Beacon Hill, that is. Continuing the slowest and least productive legislat….

If you felt things were a little strange on Thursday, perhaps it was because of the full moon.  And by “full moon” I mean the thong-clad….

I think this whole “we need to fix the broken State House” message is catching on:  Legislature does the people’s work behind closed doors….

Hi, friend! After reading their latest op-ed about the State House, it’s starting to feel like the Boston Globe Editorial Board is coming….

Happy Saturday, friend! We’re currently nestled in the eye of the budget storm; the House debate is over, and the Senate’s will take place….

We’re in the thick of it now, friend! And I don’t just mean pollen season. As the weather heats up, so do the debates on the FY2024 budget….

The House passed their version of the FY2024 budget this week, completing another major milestone on its seven month journey to enactment….