As about 1 million more people became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday morning, the state-run website that people must use to find and book most appointments has crashed and does not appear to allow residents to schedule vaccinations.
Massachusetts should create a centralized COVID-19 vaccine sign-up system, members of the state’s congressional delegation said Tuesday in a letter to Gov. Charlie Baker that called the current effort “disjointed” and “inequitable.”
House Speaker Ronald Mariano is sending a message about tax policy ahead of budget season on Beacon Hill.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh isn’t wasting his last days in office.
The Certified Massachusetts Landlord is a nationwide first. And it can be a differentiator for housing providers statewide seeking good tenants. And it will be a differentiator for MassLandlords in our policy advocacy.
Labor unions and trade organizations told lawmakers in a series of recent letters that they’re worried the provision could grind some projects to a halt.
Done the wrong way, state efforts to combat carbon pollution will hurt workers by driving soaring housing costs up, not down and will grow carbon emissions by pushing prospective renters and homebuyers further away from their jobs.
The foundation of the legislature’s climate road map bill is solid, but some key amendments are needed to address implementation concerns, specifically relating to the stretch energy building code.
Sweeping climate policy legislation is back on Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk two weeks after he rejected a previous iteration of the same bill.
The climate and emissions reduction bill opposed by real estate industry groups and vetoed by Gov. Charlie Baker last week has been refiled by House and Senate leaders in the hopes of quickly returning the legislation to the governor, only this time with the opportunity to override a veto if it comes.
Scuttling what looked to be a major session-ending accomplishment for the legislature, Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed ambitious climate legislation on Thursday over his concerns that key pieces of the bill could stymie housing construction, and that the legislature did nothing in the bill to help cities and town adapt to the effects of climate change.
Two recent reports brought the need for more housing production in Massachusetts into sharp focus as the state legislature sits on an important reform that could begin to address the problem.
One day after House Speaker Robert DeLeo resigned, the Speaker Ronald Mariano era began.
On the verge of leading an institution he has served in for 30 years, House Majority Leader Ron Mariano pushed back Tuesday against the notion that his politics are not progressive
House Speaker Robert DeLeo, a Winthrop Democrat, plans to resign from the legislature after 30 years on Beacon Hill on Tuesday, ending a 12-year run as speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
With just over a week to go until the end of the legislative session, a key piece of zoning reform legislation is still stuck in conference committee as part of a larger economic development bill.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s office pushed back Wednesday evening on a report that he would be stepping down to take a job at Northeastern University.
For the first time since 1997, the Massachusetts Bankers Association has a new leader, with Kathleen Murphy taking over for Daniel Forte, who retired at the end of October.
Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that despite the growing number of residents facing eviction he does not see a need at this time to return to the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.
The package of service cuts that the MBTA’s board plans to vote on next week will not be as steep as the original proposal, officials said Monday, after a wave of public feedback aimed particularly at the most drastic changes.
