State House News Service
The State House News Service is a privately-owned, independent wire service based in the Massachusetts State House that provides comprehensive coverage of Massachusetts state government.
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Mass. asks federal government for disaster aid for February blizzard
Massachusetts is seeking federal aid programs for numerous Massachusetts counties that were heavily affected by February's blizzard to help cover costs for the state and municipalities. The blizzard led to...
Ballot question hearings reveal tense divisions between lawmakers and policy advocates
Over weeks of hearings on a wave of potential 2026 ballot questions, exchanges between lawmakers and advocates veered from technical to tense. Lawmakers pushed back on what they described as...
Mass. AG proposes new assisted living regulations focused on safety and cost
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office released new draft regulations for assisted living residences, which would require residences to specify to cost of care and when those costs may increase....
Mass. House set to vote on bill to ban cellphones in schools, limit teen social media use
The state Senate passed a bill last July that would ban cellphones for students throughout the school day. The House plans to vote on a bill Wednesday that would go...
Coalition of attorneys general lodges new challenge to EPA decision on greenhouse gas regulation
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell joined her counterparts in 23 other states to petition a court to review the EPA's move to eliminate the so-called Endangerment Finding, which had concluded...
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Lowell Democrat Vanna Howard makes history as first Cambodian-American state senator
A survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, Howard fled Cambodia and came to the United States at the age of 11. The Lowell Democrat won a special election for the...
Medical debt relief on the way for 27,000 Mass. residents
Bay Staters did not apply for the relief, but were selected if their medical debt is at least 5% of their annual income or if they earn at or below...
Former Fallon HQ in Worcester the latest entry in office-to-housing pipeline
The former headquarters of an insurance company in downtown Worcester is being transformed into almost 200 apartments with the help of a loan that's partly footed by the state's development...
Healey signs order to add 10 gigawatts of power to Mass. by 2035
Saying the state has "a lot of energy needs," Gov. Maura Healey is tasking state agencies with adding 10 gigawatts of power to the state’s supply to help lower residents’...
MassDOT plans more oversight as it tries again to find new rest stop operator
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation made changes to the procurement process after the first contract to redo the service plazas on the Mass Pike fell through. A recent report by...