The time needed to process legislation on Beacon Hill is running short – or is it? The typical end date for the legislative session is July 31, a week from Friday. Normally lawmakers end the session and head home to their districts to run for reelection. But this year may be different. Between the massive […]
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Groups seek to add immigrant driver’s license authorization to police bill
AS THE HOUSE GATHERS testimony on a policing reform bill passed earlier this week by the Senate, S.2820, some immigrant and worker groups are calling for the legislation to add language to grant driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. Service Employees International Union 32BJ, Brazilian Workers Center, and Pioneer Valley Workers Center plan to rally today in front […]
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Groups seek to add immigrant driver’s license authorization to police bill
As the House gathers testimony on a policing reform bill passed earlier this week by the Senate, S.2820, some immigrant and worker groups are calling for the legislation to add language to grant driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. Service Employees International Union 32BJ, Brazilian Workers Center, and Pioneer Valley Workers Center plan to rally today in […]
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Veterans tell Baker: Listen to us
A DAY AFTER independent investigator Mark Pearlstein released his scathing report on what went wrong with the coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, Gov. Charlie Baker released a bill that would implement several reforms recommended by the report. These include things like hiring a health care leader to advise the secretary of veterans’ services, changing the composition […]
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Veterans tell Baker: Listen to us
A day after independent investigator Mark Pearlstein released his scathing report on what went wrong with the coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, Gov. Charlie Baker released a bill that would implement several reforms recommended by the report. These include things like hiring a health care leader to advise the secretary of veterans’ services, changing the […]
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Covidiots don’t comply with mask orders, leaving officials, public frustrated
IT’S THE MOMENT where you’re not quite sure of what to do. Someone is standing in line outside of a restaurant, or walks into an elevator next to you, mask down around their chin, or, in some cases, it’s defiantly not present at all. Some of these people don’t comply with Gov. Charlie Baker’s mask as […]
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Covidiots don’t comply with mask orders, leaving officials, public frustrated
It’s the moment where you’re not quite sure of what to do. Someone is standing in line outside of a restaurant, or walks into an elevator next to you, mask down around their chin, or, in some cases, it’s defiantly not present at all. Some of these people don’t comply with Gov. Charlie Baker’s mask […]
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Under pressure, N. Brookfield selectmen postpone July 4 parade
IF BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS can march down the streets, why not a July 4 parade? That was the argument being made by selectmen in North Brookfield, a small Worcester-area town with an unusually public rift between the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Health over whether to hold a community gathering despite the COVID-19 […]
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Under pressure, N. Brookfield selectmen postpone July 4 parade
If Black Lives Matter protesters can march down the streets, why not a July 4 parade? That was the argument being made by selectmen in North Brookfield, a small Worcester-area town with an unusually public rift between the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Health over whether to hold a community gathering despite the […]
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Spilka makes case for substance over process
IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW on the CommonWealth Codcast, Senate President Karen Spilka kept returning to the theme of substance over process when it comes to legislation dealing with the state’s many pressing needs. CommonWealth Magazine · Spilka makes a case for substance over process She applauded the House, Senate, and governor’s office for working collaboratively on […]