PolitickerMA has the scoop: The state House of Representatives is likely to debate the final vote on repealing the 1913 law Tuesday, PolitickerMA.com has learned. According to a House leadership source with knowledge of the legislative … [Read more...]
House Priorities?
MassPoliticker says the House just passed, by overwhelming numbers, a tax holiday in August, which will cost this state $16 million dollars so people can save $50 if they spend a $1000. Brilliant! Meanwhile, there's talk that … [Read more...]
DiMasi picks fight w/ GOP; or vice-versa
Our miniscule state GOP has done the expected and filed ethics complaints against Speaker DiMasi for the ticket thing, the loan thing, and so forth. Sal is striking back with a letter direct to the press: As a state representative, … [Read more...]
Leadership roller-derby in the House
Well, this certainly does not sound pretty. Sal DiMasi's had a tough couple of months. It's definitely been a bad week, with stories coming out of unseemly (if not outright illegal) lobbying, and killing legislation in order to … [Read more...]
Still a closed door to the people’s House
Matt Viser's got a must-read story in today's Globe about how that $200 million tax giveaway (oh no, I don't dare call it a loophole) got put into the close-the-loopholes bill in the House.Community activist Carl Nilsson … [Read more...]
Oh, THAT loophole!
Well, well, well, how that THAT get in here? Looks like there was an amendment in the House's loophole-closing tax bill that, well, blasts another enormous loophole open -- for companies that keep their business overseas. The provision … [Read more...]
Disrupting another Memorial Service
Its not just for Fred Phelps anymore. From americablog. So the House GOP members are disrupting proceedings in the House today, calling for "protest votes" and the like that eat up 15 minutes of the day at a time. Well, they just called … [Read more...]
I Intend to Run for the 32nd Middlesex
On October 2nd, 2007, Michael E. Festa stepped down as the Representative of the 32nd Middlesex District in the Massachusettes House of Representatives. Festa became the Executive Secretary of Elder Affairs for the Patrick … [Read more...]
DSS overhaul legislation, H4333, passes in the House, will the Senate follow suit?
H4333 is stronger than H4191, and if passed, means in my view that Isaac and Jeremy [two cases reported out and published by the Supreme Judicial Court in 1995) arguably no longer control as precedents, as they were based on the old statute … [Read more...]
House Passes Supplemental Budget
[More news from the House of Representatives, posted by David Guarino, communications director for Speaker DiMasi]The Massachusetts House of Representatives today passed a $278.7 million supplemental budget that closes the books on Fiscal … [Read more...]