BOSTON — State senators have approved a nearly $58 billion spending bill that would secure free community college across Massachusetts. The Senate late Thursday adopted more than 400 amendments ...

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 ...

Top Senate Democrats put in place increased salary ranges, an expanded job classification system, and a handful of new benefits for staff members, with officials pitching the updates released Wedne… ...

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 ...

Education Healey outlines school districts affected by Trump’s ‘illegal’ cut of $106 million in Mass. funding Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Senate has launched RESPONSE 2025 to defend the state.

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.