Massachusetts Voters for Legislative Reform to Hold First Meeting on October 7th Milford, Mass., (Sept. 14th) - Massachusetts Voters for Legislative Reform (MVLR) will hold its first organizing meeting on Saturday, October 7th at 1 p.m. … [Read more...]
Why is ActBlue supporting a regressive cause like marijuana prohibition?
Unnoticed in the flurry of press last week around the formation by Governor Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, and House Speaker Robert DeLeo of a committee opposing the marijuana ballot initiative was the company selected for the … [Read more...]
The Case for Inclusion: Supporting the Education Equity Bill in MA
Last month, the College Democrats of Massachusetts endorsed SD. 599 and HD. 1035, otherwise known as the "Education Equity Bill." This post, authored by the College Democrats of Massachusetts Latin@ Caucus, lays out why CDM endorsed this … [Read more...]
What’s the Matter with Massachusetts? (thoughts on Beacon Hill, the minimum wage and the grassroots)
Updates, 3/27/2014: To no one's surprise, the House legislation is missing key provisions -- no indexing and too low of an increase for tipped workers. Now the push comes to the Amendments, and the hardball is, apparently, around the … [Read more...]
Ethics and Transparency Plank of Democratic Platform Draft a Disgrace
Compared to the rest of the platform there is very little substance to the Ethics and Transparency Plank of Democratic Platform Draft ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY Massachusetts Democrats believe that public officials should be held to the … [Read more...]
Surprised?
I guess I shouldn't have been that surprised to see this article in the State House News, but I still am. “I am surprised because I felt that the legislation which was voted on and approved yesterday by overwhelming majorities in both … [Read more...]
DeLeo Meme
I was hoping Bob Neer would be willing to add this to his weekly joke review. … [Read more...]
UPDATED: 2011-2012 Massachusetts HOUSE & SENATE Leadership & Committee Assignments
2011-2012 MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP & COMMITTEE CHAIRS Quick Links Leadership House Leadership Senate Leadership House Minority Leadership Senate Minority Leadership … [Read more...]
Spin is Spin
DeLeo's speculation as to how his 28-year-old godson became one of the youngest chief probation officers in state history:"I wrote a letter of recommendation for him,'' DeLeo said. "And that was the extent of my recommendation of Brian. … [Read more...]
Looming Gambling Veto is Deval Patrick’s Moment of Truth as Governor
Let's run through them again. Three casinos at 3,000 to 5,000 slots each equals as many as 15,000 for the state. The compromise proposal seemed like it was cutting the numbers of slot barns from four to two, but it also … [Read more...]
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