-Faced with a precipitous decline in state tax collections and the stark reality of building an operating plan on $1.9 billion less than the governor's proposal, the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday passed a $27.35 billion budget that … [Read more...]
Archives for May 21, 2009
New Health Care Reform Resource
“Prescriptions for Health Reform”: A podcast featuring interviews with leading thinkers in the area of health care and health reform. The first three episodes feature interviews with Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated: Why … [Read more...]
Jim and David yak about the budget on NECN
I was on "Broadside with Jim Braude" tonight to talk about the budget, taxes, and the goings-on in the legislature. See what you think. … [Read more...]
MA health care law: It’s affordable
... for the state, at least. Mass. Taxpayers Foundation (Mike Widmer's outfit) says it has only cost the state [an increase of] $88 million a year:An analysis by the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation finds that the cost of this … [Read more...]
Thank You to BMG For Helping Preserve the Greyhound Protection Act
On behalf of our more than five thousand supporters statewide, and (more importantly) my rescued greyhound Zoe I want to thank everyone who called their State Senator to urge her/him to uphold the will of the voters on Question 3. Thanks to … [Read more...]
Remember the “Adoption Parties” and the legal orphans? Here is something YOU can do to help.
The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange - MARE for short - is a nonprofit that works to try and find adoptive parents for kids who have been freed for adoption. "Freed for adoption" means that their parent's rights were … [Read more...]
$25 MILLION down the drain because of homophobia
Decorated, 18-year-vet F-15 Fighter Pilot, Victor Fehrenbach, is being thrown out of the airforce for being gay, two years before he can retire with a full pension: Please watch that video. Everyone needs to watch it. This guy is amazing. … [Read more...]
Hilarious debate going on right now regarding Suffolk County holidays
If you want a good laugh, you should check out the Senate webcast right now. They are debating a proposal to get rid of the famous "hack holidays" -- Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day. These holidays, of course, require the … [Read more...]
Senate appoints ethics conference committee: Berry, Joyce, and Tarr
The Senate has just appointed its conferees to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the ethics bill. The three Senators named are Democratic Senators Berry and Joyce, and Republican Senator Tarr. I did not … [Read more...]
Poof! Draft platform now well-hidden
Huh...now that progressives are getting ticked off about the draft platform (PDF), it appears the Party is listening to our reaction. And they are reacting in the old-fashioned way...they're avoiding the problem. While the draft … [Read more...]