Governor Charlie Baker in his State of the State Speech last week said: "Our obligation to the people we serve is too important to place politics and partisanship before progress and results."
Governor Baker unfortunately was not describing what really happens in the Commonwealth. His statement was one of hope, a plea, an exhortation.
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON — The group of House lawmakers who receive significantly larger paychecks than their rank-and-file peers is about to grow much larger if the pay-raise bill the governor vetoed Friday becomes law.
