Politics

Commission will advise on policies and strategies to reduce emissions from heating fuels. Building on the Baker-Polito Administration’s national leadership on climate change and its commitment to achieving Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050, Governor Charlie Baker today signed an Executive Order which establishes a Commission on Clean Heat …

Absentee ballots are now available for the Sept. 28 preliminary election for New Bedford City Council in Ward 5, the city’s Board of Election Commissioners announced today. Any resident of Ward 5, which covers much of the city’s West End, can vote by absentee ballot from 8 a.m. to 4 …

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today introduced a bipartisan bill to award the 13 American servicemembers who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26th Congressional Gold Medals. “We should honor these 13 servicemembers, including U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny …

The City of New Bedford has added a state-of-the-art, $1.15 million ladder truck to the New Bedford Fire Department fleet, representing a significant upgrade to fire protection and emergency services in the North End. The 100-foot Ladder 4 made its public debut at the City’s 9/11 remembrance Saturday, where it …

Matt Murphy State House News Service The Supreme Judicial Court intervened on Thursday to allow supporters of a ballot question seeking to guarantee newborns access to life-saving medical care to begin collecting signatures in spite of Attorney General Maura Healey’s decision last week not to certify the initiative petition. Justice …

Katie Lannan State House News Service In the wake of an overnight Supreme Court order allowing a Texas law restricting abortions to take effect, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley issued a call to expand the high court and laid out steps she wants Congress to take to “proactively legislate reproductive justice.” The …

The New Bedford Election Commission reminds the public that September 8, 2021, will be the last day to register to vote in the municipal preliminary election on September 28, 2021. September 8, 2021, is also the last day to notify the Election Commission of any change in voter name or …

Colin A. Young State House News Service Through eight months of 2021, recreational marijuana retailers in Massachusetts have sold more than $140 million more in products than they did throughout the entirety of 2020 and total legal Bay State bud sales have now eclipsed the $2 billion mark. The Cannabis …

By Matt Murphy State House News Service With the United States’ military evacuation of Afghanistan complete and some immigrant advocacy groups calling on the state to make money available to support refugees, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he has spoken to the federal government about being “as helpful as we …

Matt Murphy State House News Service The union representing prison guards and other corrections officials in Massachusetts said Thursday it was pursuing “all legal and legislative” remedies to thwart Gov. Charlie Baker’s newly imposed mandate that all executive branch employees be vaccinated by mid-October. Baker announced the new vaccination policy …