State senators have approved a nearly $58 billion spending bill that would secure free community college across Massachusetts.The Senate late ... and opening the door to higher education for ...

After months of closed-door talks, public sparring, and procedural bickering over which committee should hear the bill, the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday will finally vote on a piece of police ...

After months of closed-door talks between senators and various interest groups, the Senate teed up legislation ... assemble firearms without a license. "Massachusetts gun laws are currently ...

The bill will likely now go to closed-door negotiations ... to the TUE Committee and House and Senate Ways and Means about electric vehicle deployment. Massachusetts will need to have at least ...

Some projects included enhanced security, including purchasing cameras, door alarms ... have drastic negative effects on Massachusetts communities,” said Senate President Karen Spilka, D ...

The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a roughly $56 billion ... The future of those initiatives hinges on closed-door negotiations with the House, which did not include them in its ...

“Let me be clear, not a single bill that attacks the hard-won rights of this community will ever make it through my door or the doors of the Massachusetts Senate,” Spilka said ...

During closed-door budget negotiations, Massachusetts legislative leaders inflated the money earmarked for Senate President Karen E. Spilka’s district by more than $500,000, nearly tripling the ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Representatives will gather in closed-door ... with Senate Democrats over which committee should review the bill. Day, who noted there have been 13 shootings in Massachusetts ...