Last week, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a sweeping clean energy bill, bolstering green transportation, green buildings, and clean power production, including offshore wind, solar, storage and networked geothermal, while creating thousands of new jobs and economic benefits in the process.

The Massachusetts Legislature on Monday unanimously passed a $52.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23).

Bill makes significant investments across the state; includes economic relief rebates and permanent tax breaks.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday passed comprehensive legislation addressing the Commonwealth’s most immediate needs in the veteran community and making necessary updates to service member quality-of-life issues.

On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed legislation limiting the use of step therapy protocols, in which insurance companies refuse to pay for the prescription drugs prescribed by a patient’s health care provider until the patient first tries cheaper, and oftentimes ineffective, alternatives.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives last week passed a transportation and infrastructure bill authorizing $10.9 billion for projects, including $400 million for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns identified by the Federal Transit Administration’s Safety Management Inspection.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed comprehensive legislation last week addressing longstanding issues with our behavioral health care delivery system.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed legislation last week that encourages and facilitates participation in the cannabis industry from communities disproportionally harmed by marijuana criminalization by creating a Social Equity Trust Fund.

The Massachusetts House Asian Caucus announced last week that they will be challenging their colleagues and their communities to shop at local Asian and Asian American-owned businesses this month as part of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Highlights include innovative investments in early education and care, universal school meals and behavioral health supports.