Massachusetts Legislature

29 senators urge DEP to block Weymouth gas facility

29 senators urge DEP to block Weymouth gas facility

5 of 6 Republicans signed letter to Baker administration

By Chris Lisinski Charlie Baker, Energy, Massachusetts Legislature 0 Comments Jul 11, 2019

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Nearly three-quarters of the Senate penned a letter Thursday urging the Department of Environmental Protection commissioner to rescind approval for a controversial natural gas compressor station in Weymouth, a significant escalation from what had been mostly staunch local opposition. The two-and-a-half page letter, signed with bipartisan support by 29 of the Senate’s(...)

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Journalists describe low pay, long hours

Bill to create commission on journalism gets a 2nd hearing

Sarah Betancourt

House leaders parlay on transpo legislation

Promise multi-pronged solution by end of the year

Dartmouth’s link to today’s college oversight bills

Supreme Court held school was private, not public

Thomas A. Barnico

MassBIO’s drug pricing concerns don’t add up

Big pharma should stop making threats about leaving

Pro-union bill receives big bipartisan support in House

Rep. Capano of Lynn says labor is 'on the rise'

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Sen. Brady settles drunk driving case

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Overtime law needs an overhaul

Legislation could provide extra pay to 435,000 salaried workers

Jeremy Thompson

Key facts omitted from surprise billing debate

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House overwhelmingly passes distracted driving bill

Reps remember those slain during debate on legislation

Beacon Hill housing debate centers around local control

Baker’s incremental approach hit as day late, dollar short

Meehan talks tuition freeze with Spilka

'We'll work it out,' says UMass president

Senate budget bars UMass tuition, fee increases

But school officials say spending plan lacks sufficient funding

Senate budget stirs ire of MassBIO with drug pricing proposal

Coughlin calls Ways and Means approach ‘radical, unproven policy’

A look at the House’s private budget debate

Bundling amendments in Room 348 streamlines an unwieldy process

Baker increasingly isolated on transportation taxes

Transportation chairs Straus, Boncore say new money needed

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Bypassing Beacon Hill hearing process wrong way to go

Proposal nudges sheriffs into civil asset forfeiture

Baker calls it accounting move, but Cabral wants to block it

Right to repair needs a tuneup

Manufacturers circumventing 2012 voter-approved law with WiFi tech

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School aid bolstered but apportionment still to be decided

Bills banning handheld cellphone use by drivers start moving

Neither measure addresses racial profiling issue

More talk of new revenues as T approves budget

Board trying to reach behind-the-scenes consensus on taxes

Do the right thing, Beacon Hill

If you don’t address education funding, we’ll see you in court

Conversion therapy bill very narrowly drawn

Prohibits therapists from trying to change sex orientation of minors

It turns out House progressive caucus isn’t growing

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DeLeo says House intent has been 'misconstrued'

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McMurtry cleared in backside touch charge

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