The Massachusetts Senate plans a special session to discuss sexual misconduct allegations lodged against the husband of Senate President Stan Rosenberg.
Ma. Senate President Stan Rosenberg says he supports an independent investigation into allegations that his husband sexually assaulted and harassed several men.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The chairman of the New England Fishery Management Council is appealing to the U.S. Senate to allow for more flexibility under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
The act serves as the governing standard for fisheries across the country...
The Massachusetts Senate passed legislation today that will prohibit the use of handheld mobile devices while driving, unless they are in hands-free mode.
The so-called "Distracted Driving bill" was spearheaded by Senator Mark Montigny of New Bedford, a longtime advocate of the prohibition of mobile phones and devices being used while driving...
Senator Mark Montigny is coming under fire from critics of the state legislature's recent pay raise, after it was revealed the New Bedford Democrat could get a raise of up to $50,000 under the new legislative pay bill.
The $18 million pay raise package was passed in both chambers of the state legislature before being vetoed by Governor Charlie Baker...
As it stands right now in Massachusetts, you cannot text while driving. That was made illegal in 2010. The law specifically said drivers over 18 years old could still make and take calls on their phones, as long as "1 hand remains on the steering wheel at all times...
Good news! House and Senate lawmakers have voted to give Massachusetts residents another sales tax holiday this summer!
Bad news: they haven't agreed on a date yet.
The Senate vote on Tuesday agreed that the holiday would come either August 9 or 10th while the House voted to make it either August 16th or 17th...
The results are in, and NBC News and Fox News are both projecting that Democrat Elizabeth Warren has beaten Republican Scott Brown in the US Senate race.