Last week, the legislature had its busiest week in recent memory, scrambling to get promised pieces of major legislation out the door before the hovering deadline of July 31st.

It has been a breakneck week on Beacon Hill and we hope to recap you on all the activity of the Massachusetts legislature later this week.

As positive cases of Coronavirus continue to decline in Massachusetts, legislative leaders have wasted no time getting back to their old tricks.

Massachusetts House progressives have an important message for the taxpayers this Independence Day.

Borrowing to pay for Chrome books, Zoos and Parks and Courthouse

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance has mailed a letter to every lawmaker in Massachusetts, urging them to begin the safe and responsible reopening of Massachusetts on May 18.

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance made the following statement regarding the antics of House Speaker Bob DeLeo’s that resulted in today’s premature legislative adjournment.

Click the roll call link to see how your State Rep. voted..

"Under Speaker DeLeo’s tax proposal, the state’s 24 cent fuel tax would increase to 29 cents per gallon for gasoline, which is a 20 percent increase, and diesel fuel would increase by 9 cents to 33 cents, which is a 38 percent increase."

“DeLeo Should Put the Interests of the Taxpayers Before Political Considerations”