May 2021
5/17/21 Digest
The Landscape It’s a busy week ahead on Beacon Hill with eight committee hearings and state senators and staff reviewing the 923 proposed amendments to their version of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget bill, S3. [...]
April 2021
4/26/21 Digest
The Landscape All eyes, ears and Zooms will be focused on Chairman Aaron Michlewitz as he leads the $47.65 billion dollar House Ways and Means fiscal year 2022 budget debate this week. In years past, [...]
4/12/21 Digest
The Landscape All eyes will be on Senate President Karen Spilka Tuesday afternoon as she addresses the Government Affairs Forum of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. The annual address is an opportunity legislative leaders [...]
4/5/2021 Digest
The Landscape It’s back to school — in April. Today marks the deadline for most of the state’s elementary schools to return to full-time in-person learning. Last month, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education [...]
March 2021
3/29/21 Digest
The Landscape Speaker Ron Mariano’s House is flexing some bold name muscle by bringing Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti as the featured guest at Tuesday’s state House Committee on Federal Stimulus [...]
3/8/21 Digest
The Landscape The United States Senate narrowly passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” late Saturday night after a marathon, 25-hour session, 50-49 along party lines. Highlights of the bill include an economic stimulus [...]