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State Should Support All Students

July 29, 2014 By sen-pat-jehlen 49 Comments

Last week, the senate voted to defeat a bill that proposed to raise the current cap on charter schools in 29 districts.  Beginning in 2017 the cap would rise from 18% to 23% of those school districts’ spending. Before the vote, we heard … [Read more...]

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Common Sense Tax Reform Needed to Move MA Forward

April 3, 2013 By sen-pat-jehlen 3 Comments

Here is a copy of the Op Ed I submitted to papers last week. Now more than ever it is crucial to speak out about the importance of sufficient revenue: Massachusetts has reached a fork in the road.  One path leads to an even better … [Read more...]

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Increasing Transparency in Higher Education

February 10, 2011 By sen-pat-jehlen 5 Comments

These provisions would be in addition to the current filing requirements made to the attorney general. As we learned from the financial meltdown, self-regulation simply doesn't work. Accountability and transparency are vital to good … [Read more...]

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teapartyusa1 Chris Lynch @teapartyusa1 ·
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The Republican candidate for Lt Gov. is anti-vax. She was a state rep. for nine months once and she won't say Biden won and Trump lost. She actually says she doesn't know who won because there are states still doing audits #MaPoli

Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl

"My Body, My Choice" is no longer polling well with Democrats because of its association with the anti-vax movement

Fascinating read from @RachelHBluth on how vaccine opponents co-opted the abortion rallying cry https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/04/1109367458/my-body-my-choice-vaccines

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nfib_ma NFIB Massachusetts @nfib_ma ·
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Pass-thru #smallbiz owners, who spent a lifetime building their biz, will unfairly face higher taxes under an income tax surtax. That means when they sell the biz, their retirement nest egg will be much less than they planned facing a 9% tax. #mapoli https://bit.ly/3Rgg13A

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teapartyusa1 Chris Lynch @teapartyusa1 ·
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True story #MaPoli #NHpolitics #WIunion #WIpolitics

John Nichols @NicholsUprising

Boris Johnson is quitting as prime minister because the British Conservative Party is holding a dangerous and dysfunctional party leader to account — something the American Republican Party has steadfastly refused to do.

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openletterbot Open Letters @openletterbot ·
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🖋 Sign “POTUS rescind the nomination of anti-choice judge Chad Meredith!” and I’ll deliver a copy to your officials: https://twitter.com/messages/compose?recipient_id=835740314006511618&text=sign%20PDVDWZ

📨 No. 1,664 is from Elaine to @POTUS #MA08 #MApoli #MApols

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chipgoines chip goines @chipgoines ·
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So much for @CharlieBakerMA's reputation as "Mr. Fix-It". #mapoli

Jesse Mermell @jessemermell

Not a good look when @massgovernor’s administration can’t get their stories straight about how many times the #MBTA derails. The Gov. cannot continue to be Teflon when it comes to the disastrous state of the T. 2 terms in, the management failure is his. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/metro/three-t-derailments-three-days-lots-questions-curious-delay/

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mapublichealth MAPublicHealthAssoc @mapublichealth ·
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Municipal leaders from across #MA's 15 RTA service areas call for the passage of the #RTAAdvancement bill to improve the lives of residents beyond the reach of the MBTA & to help meet #MA climate change goals. Full letter here: https://bit.ly/SWMSupportLetter #mapoli #regionalequity

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