Search / 14 results found Showing: 1-10 of 14
Reproductive and gender-affirming health care providers in Massachusetts would gain new protections against legal action brought in other states, as would out-of-state residents who travel here to seek services including abortion, under a budget amendment the Senate adopted Wednesday.
A long-debated proposal to expand driver's license access to undocumented immigrants took a major step Thursday toward becoming law, clearing the Senate with a strong enough margin to overcome the prospect of Gov. Charlie Baker's formal opposition.
After years of discussion and pressure from both inside and outside the State House, the Massachusetts Senate voted Thursday to legalize sport…
BOSTON — The Senate next week plans to pass a bill that would give immigrants without legal status a pathway to apply for and obtain Massachus…
A bill targeting drug costs that the Senate plans to take up next week would cap the cost of insulin at $25 a month for consumers, one of a series of measures that a senator behind the legislation said are aimed at boosting access and accountability in the pharmaceutical system.
The Massachusetts Senate debated and unanimously passed the state's latest COVID-19 response bill Wednesday.
The Senate late Wednesday night unanimously approved a $3.82 billion package to steer special federal relief funds and surplus state budget revenues into virtually every corner of the state.
Senate leaders this week will propose investing $250 million in federal relief money to begin to restructure public health infrastructure in a way top lawmakers and advocates hope will ensure cities and towns are better prepared for the next health crisis.
Public bodies would be able to continue holding remote-only meetings until April 1, 2022, and early voting by mail would be allowed for any re…
For the fourth time in just more than a year, the Massachusetts Senate on Monday voted overwhelmingly to pass legislation that would commit th…
