Nov. 22, 2019 - State House Takeout

The Takeout team runs down the final formal sessions of the year, where lawmakers sent Gov. Charlie Baker a cornucopia of bills banning flavored tobacco and taxing e-cigarettes, injecting $1.5 billion in K-12 public education, requiring drivers to put down phones behind the wheel, and more. The crew also ponders the fate of the fiscal year 2019 closeout budget that failed to emerge and what pathway forward there is at this late time of year.