State Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Cape and Islands, seeking his fifth term in office, is facing a pair of challengers in Tuesday’s election: Barnstable Republican Christopher Lauzon and Joe van Nes, of ...

Julian Cyr, a Provincetown Democrat, has been elected to a fifth term as the state senator representing Cape Cod and the Islands. Christopher Lauzon, a Republican from Barnstable, and Joe van Nes ...

Sen. Julian Cyr testifies virtually on his happy hour bill from Provincetown Brewing Co. during a Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure hearing on Monday, July 7, 2025 ...

Massachusetts is one of only a handful of states that prohibits restaurants from offering happy hour drink specials to lure in customers. State Senator Julian Cyr is on a mission to change that.

“Massachusetts banned happy hour back in 1984 as part of a national movement to cut down on drunk driving,” Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Provincetown, said. “But a lot has changed since then.

For Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Provincetown, who is gay, and his pregnant sister and sister-in-law, who will not need to legally adopt the child, their parental rights are now established in Massachusetts.

Rolling out proposed reforms on Feb. 6, 2020, Sen. Julian Cyr and Senate President Karen Spilka (background) shared personal stories of their interactions with the mental health care system. Jeremy ...

Top 100 Industries to Campaign Committee Export to CSV Rank Industry Total 1 Lobbyists $5,250 2 Non-contribution $4,922 3 Lawyers/Law Firms $3,050 4 Hospitals/Nursing Homes $2,938 5 Education $2,640 6 ...

Sen. Cyr, breaking 40 years of precedent, which the return of happy hours would do, seems a hard sell, as previous rejections have indicated.