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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 22/09/2026

NEW: Days after her opponent Mike Minogue calls for suspension of the gas tax "until prices stabilize," Gov. Maura Healey says she'll file a bill calling for a two-month gas tax holiday. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 17/09/2026

NEW: With gas prices elevated during the war with Iran, GOP candidate for governor Mike Minogue on Thursday called for a temporary suspension of the state gas tax "until prices stabilize." #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 10/08/2026

NEW: Gov. Healey on Monday plans to sign new laws governing access to library books and the rules surrounding terminating pregnancies after 24 weeks of gestation. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 22/07/2026

NEW: Mass. House votes 119-33 to pass bill making the 'professional judgment of the physician' the core criteria for later-term abortions. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 21/07/2026

NEW: State Ballot Law Commission rejects challenge to signatures collected for initiative petition to repeal adult-use recreational cannabis law, clearing a path for the proposal to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 29/06/2026

NEW: State budget negotiators have an "agreement in principle" on an annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Branches are expected to approve accord on Wednesday, and an interim budget will prevent any payroll, program lapses. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 26/06/2026

NEW: After hearing signature fraud cases this week, the State Ballot Law Commission ruled Friday that Republican AG candidate Michael Walsh and LG candidate Anne Manning Martin may not appear on primary ballots due to insufficient signatures. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 26/06/2026

STATE OF PLAY: Gov. Healey asked for an interim budget by Friday to avoid payment delays but the Legislature is off today and has not signaled plans for that bill or an annual budget, which remains in private talks with the new fiscal year set to start July 1. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 23/06/2026

NEW: The ballot question proposing a statewide rent control system will not appear on the Nov. 3 ballot because it includes an exemption for facilities operated for religious purposes, an "excluded matter" under the constitution, the SJC ruled Tuesday morning. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 22/06/2026

NEW: The state's highest court rejected a case brought by plaintiff Democrats seeking to derail a ballot question calling for an all-party primary system. The ruling clears the way for the major election reform to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 11/06/2026

NEW: The House and Senate agreed Thursday to the dates for this year's sales tax holiday weekend, adopting resolutions that call for the 6.25% tax to not be applied to most purchases made on Aug. 8 and Aug. 9. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 04/06/2026

NEW: Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Kennealy endorses Mike Minogue, says he "will be our nominee." Kennealy served in Gov. Baker's Cabinet. Minogue's lone primary opponent is Brian Shortsleeve. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 02/06/2026

NEW: Negotiators strike deal to spend $1.35 billion in income surtax funds and allocate more than $207 million in General Fund revenues, including on DTA caseworkers and home heating aid. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 28/05/2026

NEW: Sen. Rodrigues and Rep. Michlewitz will again lead final state budget negotiations. They will be joined by Reps. Diggs and Smola and Sens. Comerford and O'Connor. The new budget year starts July 1. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 27/05/2026

NEW: Gov. Healey on Thursday plans to announce the "statewide guidance" she ordered in January relative to interactions with ICE agents at schools, childcare providers, higher education campuses, healthcare facilities and places of worship. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 25/05/2026

NEW: The state Department of Labor Relations on Friday certified the rideshare drivers' union, and Gov. Healey's office is calling it "the largest private sector bargaining victory since the 1940s and first union of gig workers in the country." #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 19/05/2026

NEW: Gov. Healey names former Revenue Commissioner Chris Harding as Cannabis Commission chair, names western Mass. economic development official Xiomara DeLobato and cannabis law advisor Anthony Wilson to round out reshaped CCC. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 14/05/2026

NEW: Massachusetts Teachers Association delegates voted over the weekend to commit $2 million of union dues to oppose a pair of ballot questions that would deliver income tax relief but cut state funding available for education and other public services. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 30/04/2026

NEW: Senate redraft of House-approved PROTECT Act restricts civil arrests, including federal civil immigration arrests, in child care facilities, public schools, certain health care providers and state courts, per summary. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 30/04/2026

NEW: Senate Democrats plan to pass their version of the PROTECT Act next Thursday. Amendments are due Monday. The House version passed 134-21 on March 25. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 29/04/2026

NEW: Mass. House rejects amendment to study the impacts of data centers on energy, ratepayers and water use. Amendment sponsor Rep. Pease called it a "common sense thing." #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 09/04/2026

NEW: Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Kimberly Budd will keynote the University of Massachusetts Amherst commencement on Friday, May 15 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 06/04/2026

NEW: Sen. Gómez and Rep. Donahue announce conference committee has agreed on reforms laying out a "more promising path forward for cannabis regulation" and plans to meet Monday in Springfield to formalize its report. They expect the accord to reach Gov. Healey this week. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 06/04/2026

NEW: House plans vote Wednesday on bill that prohibits social media use for children under 14, requires platforms to obtain parental consent for users ages 14 and 15, and bans students from using cellphones in school, per Speaker Mariano announcement. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 25/03/2026

NEW: Massachusetts House votes 134-21 to pass the PROTECT Act laying out new legal protections in the face of heightened federal immigration law enforcement. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 11/03/2026

WINTER CLEANUP $$$: The state budgeted $35 million this year for snow and ice removal with permission to deficit spend another $50 million. The state has spent $160 million so far. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 23/02/2026

NEW: Gov. Healey calls the Blizzard of 2026 "as bad as I've seen it." Healey was 7 years old during the Blizzard of '78. "I can't compare exactly because everything was big in my eyes," she recalled. "My birthday party got canceled." #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 23/02/2026

NEW: Citing abandoned and stuck vehicles, Gov. Healey signed an order placing an immediate ban on non-essential vehicle travel in Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable counties "due to the blizzard and dangerous road conditions." Order was announced at 2:45 p.m. Monday. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 23/02/2026

BLIZZARD UPDATE: Gov. Healey plans 3 p.m. presser to provide updates on the Blizzard of 2026. Eversource says it had about 231,800 customers without power statewide as of 1 p.m. with 1,000 power restoration crews available. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 29/01/2026

NEW: Gov. Healey signs executive order intended to ban new 287(g) agreements "unless there is a public safety need," prohibit ICE from making civil arrests in non-public areas of state facilities, and ban the use of state property for immigration enforcement staging. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 29/01/2026

NEW: Massachusetts Gov. Healey plans 2:30 p.m. State House presser "to announce new actions to protect Massachusetts residents from the harmful actions by the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement." #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 31/12/2025

NEW: City of Boston and Kraft Group agree on community benefits package totaling nearly $48 million over 15 years, and including a per-ticket fee, in connection with soccer stadium planned just over the city border in Everett. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 23/12/2025

NEW: Gov. Healey plans to deliver her State of the State address on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. Her election-year budget proposal is due next year by Wednesday, Jan. 28. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 18/12/2025

CLEARED: In "first batch" of announcements, state says the following ballot questions cleared a major signature threshold: all-party primaries, rent increase limits, election day registration and voting, income tax reduction and rolling back recreational marijuana legalization. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 16/12/2025

INTEREST INCOME: With $8.1 billion in state rainy day fund, Treasurer Goldberg estimates $252 million in interest income in FY 2027, down from a projected $320 million in FY '26. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 26/11/2025

TRAFFIC: Transpo Undersecretary Gulliver said Monday that Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday are the busiest travel days of Thanksgiving week. Gulliver forecast "extremely congested" conditions for midday Wednesday and "heavy traffic" Sunday afternoon and evening. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 17/11/2025

NEW: No details but Rep. Michlewitz and Sen. Rodrigues have agreed on a spending bill to shore up state accounts that ran out of money last fiscal year. Underlying bills totaled about $2.3 billion. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 17/11/2025

NEW: Mass. House schedules vote for Tuesday on $3.28 billion plan, backed by ten-year bonds, to make upgrades and capital improvements at public higher education campuses. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 07/11/2025

NEW: Senior Judge Mark Wolf retires after more than 40 years of service on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 30/10/2025

NEW: Sen. Dooner calls on Gov. Healey to offer a more robust plan to fund SNAP benefits that are at risk of lapsing on Saturday. Healey just announced a $4 million "advance" to fund food aid and urged people to make donations if they can. SNAP benefits cost $240 million per month in Mass. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 28/10/2025

NEW: Twenty-three attorneys general and the governors of Kansas, Kentucky and Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Agriculture, alleging it is "unlawfully suspending" the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 27/10/2025

NEW: Monday's lightly attended Senate session came to a quick halt when GOP Sen. Fattman doubted the presence of a quorum to protest the Healey administration blaming the Trump administration on the state's official website for the potential lapse in SNAP benefits. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 27/10/2025

NEW: House names Reps. Michlewitz, Ferrante and Smola to negotiate $2.3 billion supplemental budget with the Senate. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 19/10/2025

NEW: Rep. Rodney Elliott of Lowell is running for Senate in the upcoming special election. The Senate plans to set the special election date on Monday. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 16/10/2025

NEW: More turnover in Healey's Cabinet. Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt is stepping down. Healey has named MBTA GM Phil Eng as interim secretary and Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver is being promoted to transportation undersecretary. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 14/10/2025

NEW: The $2.25 billion spending bill on the move in the House this week includes $5 million for reproductive health care providers "to maintain continuity of access to services at risk of federal funding reductions." #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 14/10/2025

NEW: Opponents of expanding Hanscom Field in Bedford to allow more air traffic delivered a letter to Gov. Healey's office Tuesday urging her to reject the project and to dismiss claims about sustainable aviation fuels. #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 02/10/2025

NEW: First Middlesex District Sen. Ed Kennedy has died, per Senate President Spilka's office. Spilka in an email to senators called Kennedy, 74, a "champion for education, environmental sustainability, cultural development and, of course, his beloved hometown of Lowell." #mapoli

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 23/09/2025

NEW: Dogged by rival bidder Global Partners, Applegreen walks away from lease talks with the state over its winning bid to operate 18 highway service plazas in Massachusetts. #mapoli pro.stateaffairs.com/ma/transport...

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Applegreen ends talks with state over service plaza contract

The winning bidder in the controversial procurement for a highway service plaza concession contract is walking away from lease talks with the state.

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State House News Service @statehousenews.com · 19/09/2025

NEW: Treasurer Deborah Goldberg is dropping her appeal of Shannon O'Brien's reinstatement as chairwoman of the Cannabis Control Commission, her office said, a decision that likely spells an end to the two-year legal and political saga. #mapoli pro.stateaffairs.com/ma/regulated...

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Goldberg drops legal effort to prevent O’Brien’s return to CCC

Treasurer Deborah Goldberg is dropping her appeal of Shannon O'Brien's reinstatement as chairwoman of the Cannabis Control Commission, her office said, a decision that likely spells an end to the…

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