Sam Drysdale

The manufacturing industry has five asks for the Legislature: expand vocational schools, fund the Center for Advanced Manufacturing, align state

The conversation came as the state House was set to start debate on a $425 million economic development bill that backers said would address those needs.

After disposing of nearly 700 amendments and adding about $136 million to the bottom line, the House passed a $561 million, policy-heavy catch-all economic development bill Wednesday night.

An economic development bill the Legislature generally takes up every other July tends to become a vehicle for representatives' end-of-session priorities that they haven't been able to move into another piece of legislation. And representatives had 688 priorities they wanted to add to this session's bill (H 5562), all of which were withdrawn or handled within five consolidated amendments the House adopted with little floor discussion.

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to regulate youth social media use in what some senators said is an attempt to return the platforms to the "OG social media" of the early aughts.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday she was “sick to her stomach” about a federal immigration agent shooting and killing a person in Maine the day before, and called for an investigation. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man in a vehicle Monday in Biddeford, Maine, according to the Department of Homeland Security. It was the second…

Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday she was “sick to her stomach” about a federal immigration agent shooting and killing a person in Maine the day before, and called for an investigation.

Governor Maura Healey said Tuesday she was “sick to her stomach” about a federal immigration agent shooting and killing a person in Maine the day before, and called for an investigation.

The new infrastructure lending program, dubbed Build for Mass, would provide cities and towns with flexible, low-interest financing to address funding gaps, advance priority projects, and maximize access to federal resources, according to a release from the administration.

Less than a week after signing the new state budget, Gov. Maura Healey filed a supplemental budget Wednesday seeking an additional $100 million for Massachusetts public schools this year.