Chris Lisinski

The New Bedford Light

With House vote, Beacon Hill inches closer to landmark primary care reforms

By: Chris Lisinski

Both branches of the Massachusetts Legislature now support a big boost in spending to address the primary-care doctor shortage.

This Week In Worcester

With House Hote, Beacon Hill Inches Closer to Landmark Primary Care Reforms

By: Chris Lisinski

After keeping onlookers guessing for weeks about the contours of its plan, the House made clear with a resounding vote Thursday that its leaders, too, want to force the health care industry to dedicate significantly more resources to a primary care sector in crisis.

Senate quietly launches another push for juvenile justice reforms

By: Chris Lisinski

House Democrats mum on whether ‘raise the age' amendment will survive economic development talks

Political Notebook: Layoffs the latest sign of trouble for clean energy

By: Jordan Wolman, Chris Lisinski

Plus, Rollins signature upheaval and Hanscom hangar retrofit No matter what, Rollins is on the ballot A $40 million question

‘Future-proof' or ‘a strategic mistake'? Inside the MBTA's effort to electrify its commuter rail system

By: Chris Lisinski

T forges ahead with pricey battery-powered trains for one line, even as budget constraints hamstring bigger-picture planning

Odd bedfellows: Progressive critics join Democratic, Republican party bosses to oppose election reform ballot question

By: Chris Lisinski

“It's not that our current system is good. It's that this alternate one is worse,” said Jonathan Cohn, policy director for Progressive Mass.

$17 billion Meta settlement lands in hotbed of debate over social media regulations in Mass.

By: Chris Lisinski, Jennifer Smith

A landmark agreement both reshapes Instagram and Facebook for teenagers, and adds fuel to legislative debate about permanent reforms.

WHAV

Lawmakers Move To Honor Dolly Parton with ‘9 to 5 Day’

By: Chris Lisinski, Ella Adams

Massachusetts lawmakers are seeking to designate Sept. 25 as “9 to 5 Day” in honor of American icon Dolly Parton under a bill filed Thursday by Provincetown Sen. Julian Cyr and Boston Rep. Sam Montaño.

Let's say a ballot question passes in November. What happens next?

By: Chris Lisinski

Lawmakers have more say over the fate of proposals than voters might realize

Deep-pocketed donors flood the ballot-question field with cash

By: Chris Lisinski

Millions of dollars already spent, even on questions with no opposition