BOSTON – In back-to-back sessions, the House and Senate this week passed $168 million spending bills and leaders warned state spending accounts will soon run out of money if a new spending law is not agreed upon soon. But while the bills are similar, the Senate on Thursday passed a slightly different version of the House bill.
In addition to substituting a new bill (S 2193), the Senate added through floor amendments new sections dealing with federal funding of home care, the state's health safety net program, and student enrollment counts that affect free and reduced school lunch programs.
BOSTON – U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren waded deeper into the presidential primary debate, sharpening her criticism of Donald Trump while deflecting questions about Hillary Clinton's refusal to release transcripts of speeches she gave to Goldman Sachs bankers.
In appearances in Boston and later in Quincy, the Democrat from Cambridge declined on Thursday to say whether Clinton should make public the transcripts of her paid remarks to the Wall Street bank, a week after dodging similar questions in a much scrutinized interview on "CBS This Morning." The questions have been raised in part because of the senator's interest in breaking links between politicians and investment firms.
