Hearings-Joint

Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security hears sweeping testimony on immigrant protections, motocross safety, and nuclear emergency planning. Co-chairs Senator John J.

A ballot initiative to overhaul Massachusetts's $5.4 million legislative stipend system faced expert scrutiny and constitutional challenge at a public hearing of the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions on March 17.

BOSTON -- March 16, 2026, Massachusetts lawmakers heard nearly two hours of testimony on a ballot initiative that would cap minimum residential lot sizes at 5,000 square feet statewide in communities with public water and sewer service. The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions took testimony March 16 on Initiative

Massachusetts lawmakers heard testimony Monday on a ballot initiative that would extend collective bargaining rights to employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services for the first time.

Massachusetts Permanent Commission on Disabilities hears federal funding warnings and apprenticeship expansion plans at quarterly meeting.