latest updates

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….

Birds are chirping, my daffodils popped up (finally), and I busted out my tevas for the first time this year, which can only mean one thing….

It’s quiet, friend. Too quiet. And it’s not because there aren’t plenty of critical decisions being made on Beacon Hill this week–we just….

This seemingly slow start to spring (I want daffodils and I want them now) is being outmatched by an even slower start on Beacon Hill….

I know, I know. I’m not who you expected in your inbox this morning. Fear not, our regular Scooptress Erin is alive and well and probably….