Karen Spilka

More workers across Massachusetts are fighting to unionize, whether they work at a coffee shop, a grocery store or the State House.

Legislative staff have waited around four months to learn whether Senate President Karen Spilka would recognize their unionization effort with IBEW Local 2222, and on Thursday Spilka seemed to shut the door on that possibility — with an invitation for staff to attend a briefing from Senate lawyers on Friday. Senators were cloistered in a lengthy private caucus Thursday afternoon…

Democratic leaders of the Massachusetts House and Senate have agreed to a broad framework for up to $500 million in additional tax relief that would see credits for low-income earners, parents, renters and seniors expanded, and the “archaic elements” of the state’s estate tax reformed. The deal comes on the heels of last week’s announcement from House Speaker Ron...

With inflation taking its toll, Massachusetts lawmakers have proposed a plan to offer one-time, $250 payments to middle-income residents.

The Massachusetts House took a major step Thursday toward injecting billions of dollars into work on the state’s transportation and environmental infrastructure, sending to the Senate a rewritten borrowing bill that includes hundreds of millions of dollars to fix glaring safety issues at the MBTA and explore a rail expansion in western Massachusetts. The House voted 155-0 in favor...

A bipartisan group of governors is coming together to develop recommendations for stopping mass shootings and keeping schools safe. Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday indicated interest in the effort. On Friday, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, the chair and vice chair of the National Governors Association, wrote to President Biden to inform him of plans…

Opponents of a new law that will allow immigrants without legal status to seek driver’s licenses took a preliminary step Monday toward asking voters to scrap the measure, while Democrats celebrated their success in pushing the bill and overcoming Gov. Charlie Baker’s opposition. A campaign filed paperwork Monday with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance to create a...

If opponents of the new law pursue a referendum — and are successful at gathering signatures — the timing could line up almost perfectly to put the question before voters at the Nov. 8 election.

Supporters of the legislation call it historic and it will allow tens of thousands of people to get around legally.

A bill that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to obtain state driver’s licenses in Massachusetts was approved by the Massachusetts House on Wednesday over the veto of Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.

The Senate this week plans to pass a bill that would give immigrants without legal status a pathway to apply for and obtain Massachusetts driver’s licenses, and supporters say they believe they have enough votes for it to survive a possible veto from Gov. Charlie Baker. The Senate teed up the bill for debate on Thursday, May 5, with amendments…

The Massachusetts State House will reopen to the public next week, legislative leaders announced Monday. The State House will reopen Monday through Friday on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

The Massachusetts State House will reopen to the public next week, legislative leaders announced Monday. The State House will reopen Monday through Friday on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Masks will be required, as well as proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test from no more than one day before entry. “With public health data constantly evolving, we will review these…

Who’s on the naughty and nice lists of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, the state’s U.S. senators and other top politicians this holiday season? They offered a glimpse of that as they sang carols with Alison King for NBC10 Boston’s annual “Political Harmony” video — though some were more forthcoming than others. It is politics, after all! On the nice...

In Alison King’s annual holiday tradition, big names across Massachusetts’ political landscape come together to sing “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.”

Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka revealed Monday that she experienced what she said her doctors described as a mild stroke in mid-November, but is feeling much better now. Spilka spoke one-on-one with NBC10 Boston political reporter Alison King on Monday to share details about what actually happened to her on Nov. 15. She was away from the Massachusetts State House…

State Senate President Karen Spilka was back on the rostrum, her first time inside the Massachusetts State House in almost five weeks. She sat down with NBC10 Boston political reporter Alison King to reveal for the first time what actually happened last month that kept her home.

Massachusetts lawmakers gaveled out for the weekend without a deal to update the law governing treatment of hens and pigs that produce eggs and pork, and Attorney General Maura Healey is poised to enforce the new law in just more than two weeks if legislative compromise remains out of reach. A six-member conference committee still has not reached an agreement…

A roughly $4 billion spending bill advanced in the Massachusetts House on Thursday without fanfare and could reach Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk when lawmakers in both branches reconvene on Friday. After a conference committee on Wednesday night filed a 163-page compromise bill to spend American Rescue Plan Act and surplus state tax revenue funding, the House accepted its report on…

The Massachusetts House and Senate on Monday passed legislation extending the state’s COVID-19 emergency paid leave program, which is currently scheduled to expire on Thursday. Under the bill (H 4127), which also speaks to a public education campaign to promote the program’s availability, the program would be extended until April 1, 2022. Lawmakers sent the bill to Gov. Charlie Baker…