Lucas: What surely must have President Trump shaking in his boots was the vow by Democrat state Senate President Karen Spilka to stand up to him and his campaign to cut fraud, waste abuse in ...

Senate President Karen Spilka tapped an Arlington Democrat to start crafting a response to President Donald Trump’s actions that have impacted Massachusetts, a move that comes months into his second ...

Senate President Karen Spilka said she does not support Gov. Maura Healey’s attempt to resurrect a tax on prescription drugs in the fiscal year 2026 budget, a stance that marks another setback ...

The bill aims to protect health care professionals and lawyers who represent people who seek reproductive or gender-identity ...

Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Senate has launched RESPONSE 2025 to defend the state. The post Healey outlines school districts affected by Trump’s ‘illegal’ cut of $106 million in Mass. funding ...

Whether by accident or design, the contributions of women who have shaped our Commonwealth and nation have too long been ...

The state Department of Public Health held a public hearing regarding plans to reduce the level of maternity services at ...

There’s a lot of anger at what co-presidents Musk and Trump are trying to do all across this country," U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, said. But can Democrats capitalize on it?

A new bill under consideration in the Massachusetts Senate would ramp up protections for individuals receiving and providing ...

Maura Healey in her bid to extract more revenue to support her spending ambitions. Senate President Karen Spilka seemingly spiked the governor’s tax master plan by indicating recently that she ...

Yet of its more than 300 works, only about 20 depict images of women. That’s one reason state Senate President Karen Spilka has for years now covered up the portraits of her 91 predecessors — all but ...