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There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the percentage of times senators voted with their party’s leadership in the 2023 session through Aug. 25.Beacon Hill Roll Call uses 61 votes from...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ roll call attendance records for the 2023 session through August 18.The House has held 32 roll calls so far in 2023. Beacon...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators’ roll call attendance records so far for the 2023 session.The Senate has held 61 roll calls so far in the 2023 session. Beacon Hill...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of July 31 to Aug. 4.$56.2 billion FY24 budget (H 4040) The House, 156-2, and the Senate, 39-0, approved and sent to Gov. Maura Healey a conference...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of July 24 to July 28.$375 million for roads and bridges (S 2375) The House, 157-0, and the Senate, 39-0, approved and sent to Gov. Maura Healey a...

By BOB KATZEN

Editor’s note: Votes taken by Sen. Anne Gobi, D-Spencer, occurred before her transition to her new role as the state’s first director of rural affairs on June 5.Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from the recent debate...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from the recent debate on the Senate’s version of a $55.9 billion fiscal year 2024 state budget.$300,000 for firefighters’ cancer screenings (S 3) The Senate, 39-0, approved an...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from the recent debate on the Senate’s version of a $55.9 billion fiscal year 2024 state budget.$750,000 for regional libraries Senate 39-0, approved an amendment that would increase...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of June 12-16. There were no roll calls in the House last week. Senate approves $590 million tax reduction package (S 2397) Senate 39-0, approved a package that provides...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from the recent debate on the Senate’s version of a $55.9 billion fiscal 2024 state budget.Send 90% of capital gains tax revenue above $1 billion to Rainy Day Fund (S 3) Senate 3-36,...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of May 22-26. All Senate roll calls are on proposed amendments to the Senate version of a $55.9 billion fiscal year 2024 state budget. There were no roll call votes in the...

By BOB KATZEN

This week’s report is on the latest fundraising and expenditure numbers for the state’s 160 representatives’ campaign committees from the latest filing period of April 1, 2023, to April 30, 2023. It also includes how much money each representative has...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the percentage of times local representatives voted with their party’s leadership during the first four months of the 2023 session. The votes of...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives votes on six roll calls from the week of April 24 to April 28. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week. All roll calls in the House were on matters relating to House passage of a $56.2...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives and senators’ votes from the week of April 10 to April 14.$1.1 billion tax cut package (H 3770) The House, 153 to 3, approved and sent to the Senate a $1.1 billion tax relief package. Provisions...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call examines the salaries and benefits received by state representatives.$73,655 base salary for all 158 representativesThe new base salary for the 2023-2024...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on the only roll call from the week of March 27 to March 31. There were no roll calls in the House last week.$350 million for roads, bridges (S 2375) The Senate, 40 to 0, approved a bill that...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of March 20 to March 24.$388.6 million supplemental budget (H 3548) The House, 153 to 0, and the Senate, 39 to 0, approved and sent to Gov. Maura...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call examines the salaries and other benefits received by local state senators.$73,655 base salary for all 40 senatorsThe new base salary for the 2023-2024...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of March 6 to 10. There were no roll calls in the House.$368 million supplemental budget (S 23) The Senate, 40 to 0, approved a $368 million fiscal year 2023 supplemental...