Michael Norton

3 days ago | statehousenews.com | Michael Norton |Alison Kuznitz

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MAY 14, 2025......State senators outnumbered on a joint House-Senate committee pushed five data privacy bills this week into the Senate Ways and Means Committee, which is the last hurdle bills need to clear to reach the Senate floor.

3 days ago | nbcboston.com | Michael Norton

The commission overseeing ethics laws alleged Tuesday that a former MBTA official violated the state conflict of interest law by unfairly favoring a friend's recycling company in a $1.3 million per year MBTA procurement.

4 days ago | wwlp.com | Michael Norton

BOSTON (SHNS) – The House on Monday advanced a $240 million bill to rescue the budget of the agency that administers health insurance for state employees and retirees. The News Service on April 17 reported that the Group Insurance Commission, which oversees health insurance for 460,000 public employees, retirees and their dependents, was on track to run out of money to pay claims on May 12, seven weeks before the end of the fiscal year.

4 days ago | wwlp.com | Michael Norton

BOSTON (SHNS) – The Massachusetts economy is expected to grow at minimal rates in the second and third quarters of this year, according to local economists, who released data Monday showing the state economy contracted at a greater rate than the U.S. economy during the first quarter. Analysts at the economic journal MassBenchmarks reported that real gross state product decreased in Massachusetts at an annual rate of 1.1% during the first quarter.

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Michael Norton

BOSTON (SHNS) – The House on Monday advanced a $240 million bill to rescue the budget of the agency that administers health insurance for state employees and retirees. The News Service on April 17 reported that the Group Insurance Commission, which oversees health insurance for 460,000 public employees, retirees and their dependents, was on track to run out of money to pay claims on May 12, seven weeks before the end of the fiscal year.