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Conversation with Jamie Eldridge at #demvention

June 2, 2018 By Charley on the MTA Leave a Comment

Sen. Jamie Eldridge is an old friend of the blog, and a prolific progressive legislator: His fingerprints are on clean energy legislation, the Safe Communities Act, the recently passed criminal justice reform, and more. I asked him, in so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: clean-energy, criminal justice reform, jamie-eldridge, Safe Communities Act

Meet Middlesex DA Candidate DONNA PATALANO

May 1, 2018 By jordan3weinstein Leave a Comment

Donna Patalano is a progressive criminal justice reformer who is mounting a primary challenge to Democratic incumbent Marian Ryan in the 2018 race for District Attorney in Massachusetts' Middlesex County.  This event is designed to give … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: #massincarceration, 2018 state primary, criminal justice reform, elections, police, politics, progressive-politics-and-policy

Comment of the day: Teens Lead the Way on #CJReformMA

March 30, 2018 By Charley on the MTA 1 Comment

What is with this amazing generation coming up? From the very esteemed Judy Meredith -- congratulations and hearty thanks to Teens Lead the Way:  Thanks Hester, I have been working for almost 15 years with UTEC United Teen Equality Center … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: #cjreformMA, criminal justice reform

Fentanyl Redux

November 22, 2017 By hesterprynne 8 Comments

Last week, fentanyl was a contentious topic during the debate on criminal justice reform in the House. An amendment to that bill would have imposed a mandatory minimum prison sentence of five years (with the possibility of a life sentence) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: criminal justice reform, fentanyl

Lessons Learned from the Senate Debate on Criminal Justice Reform

November 3, 2017 By Jamie Eldridge 5 Comments

Late last Thursday night, the Massachusetts State Senate passed comprehensive criminal justice reform legislation, that marks the biggest reform to our criminal justice system in a generation. The bill, S.2185, reverses 50-years of mass … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: criminal justice reform

Criminal Justice Reform in the Lege: Umbrage Alert

October 19, 2017 By hesterprynne 6 Comments

Commonwealth Magazine reports that there are some sore feelings on the part of new House Ways and Means Chair Jeffrey Sanchez about the Senate's work on criminal justice reform. Pointing to the Senate's failure to include additional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: criminal justice reform, Jeffrey Sanchez

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Blowing a year-long chance to think bigger and smarter about transportation policy was in Phase I.

Soul-crushing traffic returns as part of Phase IV Part II. https://twitter.com/ofsevit/status/1365393162240458755

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“The filibuster” is not an inanimate thing.

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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