While sports fans in New York have gotten used to placing sports wagers this year, Massachusetts has remained one of the last Northeast states without legal sports betting. But that is likely to change soon, after lawmakers hammered out a compromise bill in the late hours of the legislative session. That was just one of the bills that took shape in a flurry of last-minute deals on Beacon Hill. A lead negotiator was Longmeadow State Senator and Democratic lieutenant governor hopeful Eric Lesser.
President Joe Biden’s first speech to a joint session of Congress is Wednesday. It comes as Democrats who maintain slim control of Congress look...
Many people from the Northeast head south for the winter, but scientist Lija Treibergs will be taking it to the extreme. The Paul Smith’s...
Last summer, New York state politics underwent a seismic shift when Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned, thrusting his Lieutenant Governor, Kathy Hochul, into the spotlight....