Two weeks before the policies are set to expire, the House and Senate took the first steps Monday to once again temporarily extend pandemic-era laws allowing remote access for public meetings in ...

Massachusetts Municipal Association Executive Director Adam Chapdelaine said remote and hybrid public meetings are “essential ... according to the chambers’ rules.

Weeks before the rules are slated to expire ... a bill Monday that would allow public bodies to hold remote or hybrid meetings through June 2027. Senate President Karen E. Spilka said her chamber ...

The rule changes approved Tuesday include ways to expedite meetings by reducing the time a speaker can address the Council to one minute if more than 25 members of the pubic are registered to speak.

Given suffiicent support, the resolutions become proposed rules changes ... In 2024 a hybrid process emerged, including in-person meetings to allow elections of WCC delegates, introduction ...