The Case of the Missing Roll Call Votes
As we near the end of the first year of the 2021-2022 two-year legislative session, we wanted to take a few minutes to review activity by the Mass Legislature. When it comes to roll call votes, the Statehouse is way behind.
Mass Legislators By The Numbers
Curious about just how much has… or hasn’t… happened so far this session? Check out these numbers…
Mass is Last
According to studies by national legislative services Quorum and FiscalNote, Massachusetts leads the nation in the number of bills filed, yet we come in last in terms of the percentage enacted.
InstaTrac’s Michael Segal and Roger Stone
I’ve known Roger Stone, whose prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump, for 47 years, but only learned of it last year. Here’s how we “met.”
What happened in 2019? (Not much)
Of the 153 session laws passed during the 2019 sessions, most of them were… You guessed it… Sick Leave Banks! Followed closely by bills affecting municipal governments and local employees.