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. slaps DraftKings with $450,000 fine over credit card wagering
Massachusetts gambling regulators last week hit DraftKings with the largest fine imposed on a sports betting company yet, finding that the Boston-based company violated a state law that prohibits the...
Bar advocates dispute Beacon Hill's forecast for labor crisis resolution
Top House and Senate Democrats suggested the pay dispute that has led bar advocates to stop accepting new cases representing indigent defendants could be fixed "soon." But Sean Delaney, a...
State orders fire safety plans from assisted living centers
All 273 assisted living facilities in Massachusetts must send letters to all residents and families detailing fire safety protocols, evacuation procedures and key points of contact, the state announced Friday.
Air and cruise travel out of Boston set records
"We finished a banner year at Logan Airport," Massport CEO Rich Davey said at a board meeting Thursday. "The bottom line is very, very good news for Logan and our...
Mass. hospitals seeing more patients with tick bites this summer
"Patients reporting tick exposure is higher this spring and early summer than at any point during the last three years," Dr. Catherine Brown, the state public health veterinarian, told the...
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Mass. budget deal includes an unusual $800 million cushion amid 'economic uncertainty'
The compromise $61 billion fiscal 2026 budget bill that the Legislature approved Monday leaves more than three-quarters of a billion dollars budgeted but not spent in the face of uncertainty...
Beacon Hill passes $61 billion budget
The Legislature on Monday approved a $61 billion annual spending bill Monday, and are set to send the budget to Gov. Maura Healey's desk before the end of the fiscal...
State to cede control of Holyoke public schools back to city
Holyoke Public Schools is set to exit state receivership on July 1, becoming the first school district in Massachusetts to do so after a decade of state control.
First West Nile virus sample of the season detected in Mass.
The virus was found in a sample collected from Shrewsbury on June 13, the Department of Public Health announced Tuesday. Mid-June is earlier than Massachusetts officials typically find West Nile...
Beacon Hill negotiators agree to give the T $535 million in 'millionaire's tax' funding
House and Senate negotiators struck an agreement Monday on how to divvy up more than $1.3 billion in surplus revenue generated by the state's surtax on household income in excess...