This week, a state commission in Massachusetts will meet to set the official health care cost benchmark.

The Week Ahead On Beacon Hill: Baker Meets Trump, SJC Nomination Up For Hearing
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is in Washington D.C. on Monday, meeting with President Donald Trump, along with other governors.

New To The Massachusetts Governor’s Council, Mary Hurley Calls For Rules
A meeting of the Governor’s Council devolved into a shouting match this week. The council’s western Massachusetts representative says the government body needs better rules.

The Week Ahead On Beacon Hill: Pay Raise Fallout, House Meets To Respond To Trump
Many legislators, elected officials and judges in Massachusetts are now in line for much bigger paychecks. That’s after the legislature last week overrode Governor Charlie Baker’s veto of a pay raise bill.

The Week Ahead On Beacon Hill
Massachusetts lawmakers pushed through their first major piece of legislation of the new session last week: a pay raise for themselves. This week, they may override Governor Baker’s veto of that bill.

Inauguration Week On Beacon Hill
Governor Baker will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, but Congresswoman Katherine Clark will not.