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More than 130 business leaders and professionals ask governor, state leaders to support direct care workers

September 2, 2011 By kgilnack 2 Comments

With Labor Day approaching, I thought the BMG community would be especially interested in hearing about efforts to support the Salary Reserve for low-paid human service workers that the Governor and legislature have left behind for the last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, dds, deval-patrick, direct care professionals, dmh, dmr, eohhs, hhs, human-services, labor-day, robert-deleo, salary reserve, therese-murray

Casinos dead for the year?

August 24, 2010 By Charley on the MTA 40 Comments

I'm hearing that Terry Murray doesn't have the votes for an override of the Gov's veto, so DeLeo's giving up. No special session.Right now ... this is kind of a win-for-losing thing for the gov. He doesn't have to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casinos, deval-patrick, patrick, robert-deleo, slots, therese-murray

What happens if Delahunt retires? (Crossposted from MassBeacon.com)

February 15, 2010 By conor 23 Comments

The Globe mentions Senate President Therese Murray as a potential candidate, and I could definitely see her making the jump.  She represents a good chunk of the district, has served in the State Senate for nearly 20 years, and her time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 10th-congressional, bill-delahunt, democratic-field, joe-kennedy-iii, mike-bellotti, robert-oleary, therese-murray

Prez Murray is still mad. (How long does that last?)

July 9, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 28 Comments

In case you were wondering if Terry Murray was still irritated at the Governor for stealing her fire -- and frankly, for out-performing her in the Reform-Before-Revenue game, check out these two statements. The first is from her office on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baddour, massachusetts, patrick, therese-murray, transportation

Together we can?

June 3, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 8 Comments

Ryan found it in his email box first. Here's a joint statement from the Gov, Sen. Prez Murray, and Speaker DeLeo: “The news of yesterday’s indictments and the nature of the charges are deeply disturbing.  All … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deleo, dimasi, ethics, house-of-representatives, patrick, therese-murray

Sen. Prez Murray gets some wires crossed.

May 22, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 37 Comments

Now this is a lede. Matt Viser, take a bow. Senate President Therese Murray escalated tensions among leading Democrats on Beacon Hill this week, calling Governor Deval Patrick "irrelevant" during a radio interview and saying she wished he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, patrick, taxes, therese-murray

MA health care law: It’s affordable

May 21, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 6 Comments

... for the state, at least. Mass. Taxpayers Foundation (Mike Widmer's outfit) says it has only cost the state [an increase of] $88 million a year:An analysis by the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation finds that the cost of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: costs, health-care, martha-coakley, patrick, therese-murray

Target: Sacred Cows (Even the Successes?)

May 7, 2009 By davidguarino 1 Comment

Authored by bipartisan leaders (including, full disclosure, my former boss, Speaker DiMasi), the bill required all sides to give - with a mandate that people get insurance, that most businesses provide it and that the state and feds pay big … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, cuts, deval-patrick, healthcare, reform, sal-dimasi, therese-murray, turnpike

“Why raise any new taxes on the status quo?”

May 4, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 34 Comments

Here's the second video message from the Governor on the sales tax, which came out on Friday. It's a call for action from us jes' folks, as well as a nudge to the legislature.I think it's good, solid, bold yet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deleo, patrick, taxes, therese-murray

Winner winner chicken dinner

April 15, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 40 Comments

Oh Lordy. This will solve all of our problems.State Senate President Therese Murray said today that a bill allowing casinos in Massachusetts will be debated by both houses of the Legislature this fall as lawmakers intensify the push to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casinos, gambling, therese-murray

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

Well gosh that was never true, to say the least. #StockholmSyndrome

Kevin B. Gilnack@kgilnack

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Sydney Rachael Levin-Epstein@SYDNEYRACHAEL_

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β€œUtter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

Cindy Friedman@CindyFriedmanMA

Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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What conditions accounts for this?

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