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State Senate approves shelter funding bill with tighter restrictions
The legislation is designed both fund the system, which has run out of money, and to also dramatically shrink the number of ...
Cape Cod Times3h
Senate approves shelter funding, reforms aimed at families exiting the system
Senate Democrats forged ahead Wednesday with reforms and more funding for the state's family shelter system, adopting some changes that Republicans have long sought to tighten eligibility though GOP ...
Massachusetts Senate makes a stab at transparency
Massachusetts voters delivered a clear message to the Legislature last November on transparency — or rather its lack of it.
Worcester Telegram on MSN5d
Former state senator from Central Mass. sentenced to 18 months in prison
BOSTON ― Former state Sen. Dean A. Tran has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after his conviction on charges of wire ...
Boston Herald7d
Ex-Massachusetts senator shouldn’t get a lesser sentence just because he’s the ‘breadwinner’ for his family: Feds
Tran served in the Massachusetts State Senate, representing Worcester and Middlesex Counties from 2017 to January 2021. After Tran’s State Senate term ended in 2021, Tran fraudulently received ...
Massachusetts Senate president says state auditor is acting like President Trump
Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka talked to WBZ-TV about the ongoing dispute between state auditor Diana DiZoglio ...
Vowing more transparency, Mass. Senate moves to make more votes public, require summaries of all bills
The proposals, which need approval in the Senate and, in many cases, the House as well, could reshape how much visibility the ...
Massachusetts reports spending nearly $500M so far in FY25 on state-run shelters
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has spent nearly $500 million on the state-run shelter system in fiscal year 2025, ...
WWLP Springfield on MSN2d
Senate loads reform bill with shelter reporting requirements
Top Senate Democrats are on board with many of the changes to the overburdened family shelter system that the House included ...
Senators Criticize Fed Actions In Opening Statements
Senate Banking Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, accused the Fed of succumbing to political ...