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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Chris Lisinski |Michael Norton
BOSTON (SHNS) – Economic uncertainty deepened Monday as stock markets continued their multi-day, tariff-fueled decline, and the House budget chief declined to rule out tax increases as his team prepares to roll out a new annual state spending plan in an increasingly volatile environment. A week before releasing a redraft of Gov. Maura Healey’s $62 billion fiscal 2026 budget, House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz initially dodged the tax question but then said taxes remain on the table.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
statehousenews.com | Sam Drysdale |Michael Norton
"Today, after immense public pressure, Donald Trump backed down from his reckless decision to withhold federal funding for programs that working families rely on to make ends meet," Trahan said in a statement at 1:34 p.m Thursday.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
statehousenews.com | Michael Norton
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday appointed Lori Streeter as interim Franklin County sheriff. Sheriff Chris Donelan is retiring mid-term at the end of January, necessitating an interim appointee until the next sheriff's election, which is scheduled for 2026. According to Healey's office, Streeter has more than 35 years of experience at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and House of Correction, where she has worked as superintendent and special sheriff since 2014.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Michael Norton |Chris Lisinski
BOSTON (SHNS) – President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to redefine birthright citizenship drew an immediate lawsuit from immigrants’ rights groups, including the ACLU of Massachusetts, and another subsequent complaint from Attorney General Andrea Campbell and more than a dozen of her peers.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
newbedfordguide.com | Michael Norton |Michael Silvia
By Michael P. Norton, State House News ServicePresident Donald Trump reversed the direction of U.S. energy policy Monday, setting it on a course at odds with the renewable energy push that state officials in Massachusetts have been aggressively pursuing for years.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
ack.net | Michael Norton
On the last business day of the Biden administration, a federal agency announced its approval of the construction and operations plan for a big offshore wind project Massachusetts is counting on. "We are proud to announce BOEM's final approval of the SouthCoast Wind project, the nation's eleventh commercial-scale offshore wind energy project, which will power more than 840,000 homes," U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Elizabeth Klein said in a statement.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
newburyportnews.com | Michael Norton
BOSTON — Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Amy Carnevale overcame opposition Saturday to win reelection to another term. Carnevale's second term will get underway on the heels of a 44-27 vote in her favor, the party said. kAmx? 2 DE2E6>6?E[ r2C?6G2=6 E92?<65 E96 A2CEJ 4@>>:EE66 2?5 42==65 :E 2 QD>@@E9 6=64E:@? AC@46DD]Qk^AmkAmQx =@@< 7@CH2C5 E@ H@C<:?8 4@==23@C2E:G6=J H:E9 $E2E6 r@>>:EE66 >6>36CD[ #6AF3=:42? %@H?
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
nashobavalleyvoice.com | Michael Norton
Joshua Levy plans to step down as U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Levy tendered his resignation to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland Monday afternoon and plans to depart from the powerful post on Jan. 17, three days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. In a press release, the Justice Department said Levy became acting U.S. attorney in May 2023 and was twice nominated by President Biden for the permanent role. Garland named Levy as U.S. attorney in November 2024.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
gloucestertimes.com | Michael Norton
Lawmakers set to be sworn in Wednesday will get a base pay amount that’s 11% higher in the new year. Under the constitution, governors are required to adjust legislative base pay every two years and Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday wrote a letter to Treasurer Deborah Goldberg outlining her conclusions. kAmw62=6J D2:5 96C E62> FD65 E96 &]$] r6?DFD qFC62F’D p>6C:42? r@>>F?:EJ $FCG6J E@ 56E6C>:?6 E92E >65:2?
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
eagletribune.com | Michael Norton
Public retirees are celebrating a U.S. Senate vote that could end a decades-long fight and deliver Social Security benefits to teachers, public safety workers and others who earned them. “Tonight, the Senate finally corrects a 50-year mistake by passing the Social Security Fairness Act,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said following debate and a bipartisan 76-20 vote to repeal two federal laws Friday.
