The bill would ban single-use plastic bags and implement a 10-cent fee for paper bags at Massachusetts stores.

The bill also would require landlords and home-sellers to disclose flood information to buyers and prospective tenants.

The MA legislature has advanced a sweeping environmental bond bill that includes a provision to ban single-use plastic bags.

Beaufort County looks to close a loophole in a 2018 ordinance banning plastic bags and extend the ban to include disposable Styrofoam food containers.

It also sets a minimum 10-cent fee for every recycled paper bag provided to a customer. Under the proposal, five cents from ...

This session's environmental bond bill is packed with major policy, and it bans single-use plastic bags and cuts down on ...

As reported in my commentary from two months ago, starting next month, the fee for thick reusable plastic bags will increase from eight cents to 12 cents. Factor in sales tax, and consumers will ...

Critics say these types of proposals are bad for small businesses.

The government has launched an “affordable plastic bag” program to stabilize local supply, as heightened Middle East tensions have caused fluctuations in the petrochemical raw materials market and led ...

Directive, 2082, replacing the earlier directive of 2068, establishing comprehensive standards for the production, import, ...