Lawmakers Weigh Incentives to Boost Starter Home Production
The legislation aims at homes with at least three bedrooms no bigger than 1,850 square feet – in a bid to make homeownership more affordable.
Legislature Changes Up Housing Funding in Baker’s Economic Development Bill
The Economic Development Committee on Monday sent forward in the legislative pipeline an updated jobs and downtowns bill that strips out all of the $2.3 billion in federal pandemic relief Baker sought to spend in his version and instead calls only for about $1.2 billion in borrowing.
Legislature Cuts Hynes Center Sale from Key Bill
The proposed borrowing and spending bills that included Gov. Charlie Baker’s top priorities will now be advancing but without his long-held desire to redevelop Boston’s Hynes Convention Center.
Baker Signs Security Breach Bill
Massachusetts residents will get new consumer protections against identity theft under a new law just signed by Gov. Charlie Baker.
Rosenberg Expects Family-Medical Leave Ballot Question If Lawmakers Don’t Act
If a paid family and medical leave bill does not pass the state Legislature this session, the issue could end up before voters as a ballot question, according to Senate President Stan Rosenberg.
GOP Sticks With Veteran Leaders In Dem-Dominated State Legislature
Hoping to temper the Democratic majority’s appetite for taxes, veteran Republican lawmakers were re-elected to their leadership positions in the Massachusetts House and Senate on Wednesday, the first day of the 2017-2018 session.
