House members are “hopeful” about passing legislation allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim U.S. Senator, according to the House chair of the committee reviewing the bill, while a critic of the bill says its passage would undermine efforts to boost lagging confidence in government.

{Originally posted at my blog Senate Guru.} If the NRSC had its druthers, the establishment candidate for the Republicans in the upcoming special election for...

State House Roundup is a recap and analysis of the week in state government for Sept. 7-11, with most of the action coming from candidates and possible candidates for U.S. Senate ....

Wrentham Republican Scott Brown is hoping for a U.S. Senate-level repeat of a special election in 2004, when he took a state Senate seat previously held by a Democrat.

Find out how much money state senators earn in this week's edition of Beacon Hill Roll Call, a week during which there were no roll call votes ....

Two Views: Straw poll coming up for GOP

Where's Tom DeLay when you need him? News broke recently that some Democratic legislators in Massachusetts are getting cold feet about changing the succession law.

Find out what your elected officials have been up to on Beacon Hill:  

As the law stands today, it will be five months before someone is elected to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat of the irreplaceable Edward M. Kennedy.