BOSTON—Amid a slow but steady recovery from the recession, the Massachusetts Senate passed its final FY2014 budget. Working in partnership with community organizations, neighborhood groups, students, and policy experts, Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz ...
BOSTON—Informed by feedback from Second Suffolk District residents about their concerns and priorities for the state budget, Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz today filed several amendments to the Senate Ways and Means budget set to be debated next week....
“Through both the work of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and the amendment process, the transportation finance bill passed by the Senate today reaches a level of revenue that allows for meaningful investments in a fiscally-sound, 21st
The Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus has selected a new chairman and named a number of local legislatures to top leadership roles.
State Representative Marcos Devers, a Lawrence Democrat, will head up the caucus as chairman, with state...
WORCESTER — One day before taking their message to the Statehouse, two dozen mainly Democratic activists gathered at Neighbor to Neighbor’s Worcester offices Monday for a rally and press conference in support of a broad-based tax increase to pay for ...