BOSTON (SHNS) – Constitutional experts invited by Senate Democrats to testify Wednesday said that allowing a voter-approved audit of their chambers to take place could lead to “executive control” and ...

House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka did not budge from their hard line against having DiZoglio audit their books, after 72% of voters cast ballots in 2024 to authorize a ...

BOSTON — Having cautioned last year that she would consider how “constitutional limitations” affect the voter law giving Auditor Diana DiZoglio explicit authority to audit the Legislature, Attorney ...

Voter approval of Question 1 on Tuesday's ballot, which would give the state auditor the authority to audit the Legislature, raises a number of legal and constitutional issues, experts say. State ...

The Massachusetts AG’s office is representing House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka as they look to ...

The question of whether an audit of the state legislature by the state auditor would violate the separation of powers clause of the constitution appears to be headed for court--but not before the ...

Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office moved last week to strike Auditor Diana DiZoglio's lawsuit against legislative leaders, arguing that her office is the only legal "gatekeeper" that decides if ...

The people of Massachusetts spoke loud and clear on last year's ballots: The Legislature should be audited like every other public office in the state. Yet months later, Beacon Hill leadership still ...

A Legislative Auditor’s report released Monday found that over the past 15 years 15 Caddo Parish Commissioners received more than $258,665 in public money to fund their retirements, even though they ...