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Conversations with Maura Healey and John Walsh at #demvention

June 2, 2018 By Charley on the MTA 11 Comments

Well, just wandering around the convention kiosks I ran into both Mass AG Maura Healey and former Setti Warren (and Deval Patrick) campaign manager John Walsh. Always great to talk to both: Healey is the indispensable woman in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: #demvention, #maag, #magov, john-walsh, mapoli, Maura Healey

A Demand for Progress on Climate

April 1, 2018 By drtucker 6 Comments

Like gun violence, chronic poverty and unequal health care coverage, the problem of unchecked greenhouse gas pollution won’t solve itself. As important as local and state efforts to reduce the emissions imperiling our planet are, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: #exxonknew, Attleboro Sun-Chronicle, boston-globe, Citizens Climate Lobby, Committee for a Green Economy, Department of the Interior, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, Eric Schneiderman, fracking, Gary Rucinski, global-warming, gun-control, human-caused climate change, income-inequality, Joseph Kennedy III, March for Our Lives, Maura Healey, medicare-for-all, natural-gas, Ryan Zinke, Scott Pruitt, second-amendment, Taunton Daily Gazette

Baker loses 20% of solar jobs; AG’s clean energy defense; the Senate’s boffo energy bill

February 12, 2018 By Charley on the MTA 8 Comments

Globe's Jon Chesto reports: "Massachusetts lost more than 20% of its solar jobs last year" Possible factors in Massachusetts include: uncertainty about changes in solar incentives; caps in some parts of the state on new net metering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, clean-energy, climate, DPU, energy, energy efficiency, EVs, jamie-eldridge, marc-pacheco, Maura Healey, renewables, Tommy Vitolo, utilities

Some Faux Noblesse Oblige from Eversource Energy

January 4, 2018 By hesterprynne Leave a Comment

Eversource Energy (stock price $62.51, up 13 percent from a year ago) is celebrating what it calls a "$56 million windfall" for ratepayers in Massachusetts. Lucky us. The source of this windfall? The reduction in corporate tax rates that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Eversource Energy, Maura Healey

“Enron-style” gas pipeline scandal in MA

October 13, 2017 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

How much natural gas do we need? Regional grid operator ISO-New England's CEO has long warned of insufficient gas pipeline capacity, while enviros (like me) have scoffed, pushed for more renewables in place of leaky, climate-hazardous, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: climate, Eversource, ISO-NE, Maura Healey, pipelines, utilities

Tell DPU to Say No to Eversource’s Profit-Driven Rate Hikes

March 30, 2017 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

Eversource is asking to raise our electric rates by $96 million next year and an additional $50 million annually for the next four years. As the Department of Public Utilities public notice details, Boston area customers would see an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: electricity, energy, Eversource, Maura Healey

We will not sit idly by and watch our country be dragged back into the past

November 15, 2016 By Jamie Eldridge 5 Comments

For many of us, last week’s election loss was about more than politics and we’re still coming to terms with the fact that millions of our fellow citizens voted for a candidate who is brazenly racist, xenophobic, and misogynistic. Since … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-rights, democracy, equality, immigration, jamie-eldridge, justice, massachusetts, massachusetts-state-senate, Maura Healey, mira

Double standards in gambling age requirements need to go

December 11, 2015 By SamTracy 14 Comments

Yesterday, the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, came out in support of AG Maura Healey's proposed regulations for the industry. A quick summary: Healey has proposed regulations that would require daily … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: age requirements, ageism, daily fantasy sports, DFS, DraftKings, FanDuel, gambling, Maura Healey

Daily Fantasy Sports Gambling is a Con & We’re the Marks

October 7, 2015 By thegreenmiles 3 Comments

Turn on a TV or radio and it's impossible to avoid the flood of new ads for DraftKings and FanDuel, "daily fantasy sports" gambling sites They're working hand-in-hand with professional sports leagues like MLB and the NFL and advertising … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: DraftKings, FanDuel, Maura Healey, sports

Celebrating the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

July 25, 2014 By maurahealey 14 Comments

Tomorrow, we celebrate the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a landmark civil rights law that has helped remove countless barriers for Americans with disabilities. It has made workplaces, schools, courtrooms, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Americans with Disabilities Act, Maura Healey

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Candidates & Elected Officials!
Reserve your ad in Bay Windows Guide to NE LGBTQ+ Pride

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Thank you to LG candidates @adamghinds @BretBero @MayorDriscoll @TamiGouveiaMA & @EricLesser for speaking to us and answering questions from working people at today’s forum! #mapoli

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Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, the underdog in the gubernatorial race, rebukes this endorsement, with the campaign saying, "it's frustrating to see another establishment organization discount the only woman of color in their endorsement process." #mapoli

Alison Kuznitz@AlisonKuznitz

Inbox: EMILY'S List has endorsed Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey for governor. #mapoli

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Maybe @AlisonKuznitz & @masslivenews know Earl Sholley received thousands of dollars in order to get @RaylaForMA on the ballot. So much for Campbell’s bogus #Mission5000 & photos of her “working hard!” It is not much of a first if it is bought. 💰 💰 💰#Fraud #mapoli #bospoli

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Crickets from @AlisonKuznitz and @masslivenews….
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@massgop @RaylaForMA https://twitter.com/localpoliticsis/status/1526995773480742914

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Read our new report on problems with the #MBTA’s $1B Automated Fare Collection modernization contract - previously unseen communications showing cost overruns, delays: https://pioneerinstitute.org/press_releases/study-documents-the-design-challenges-contracting-issues-and-delays-facing-new-mbta-fare-collection-system/ #mapoli

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@TheDemocrats @GovRonDeSantis @massdems @BOSCityCouncil @Kim_Janey TRUTH IS; Boston's @BOSCityCouncil led by lil @RicardoNArroyo who's running for #SuffolkDA as a "progressive," have peddled same policies as baby Trump @GovRonDeSantis.

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Notorious VOG@NotoriousVOG

Watching @TheDemocrats across America bemoan @GovRonDeSantis BANNING PROTESTS outside residency while IGNORING Boston's💯@massdems @BOSCityCouncil who FIRST pass EXACT same bill, is reminiscent of attacking Trump's #BigLie while helping to propagate @Kim_Janey's #BigLie. #BOSpoli https://twitter.com/YouWannaDoWhat/status/1526965204621266945

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