Universal Hub? reported that “State legislators are once again considering a Boston proposal to let bars in some neighborhoods – such as the Seaport – stay open past 2 a.m.” Senator Brownsberger filed bill S127? An Act modernizing the business licensing process, at the request of Mayor Walsh. “Brownsberger said the current proposal is a first draft and that he wants to see language added that would specifically protect neighborhoods that don’t want longer hours at their neighborhood bars.”
Monthly Archives: October 2015
The conversation about GMOs
Most of my colleagues in the legislature have endorsed a pending bill that would require labeling of foods produced from genetically modified farm crops. I’ve been a skeptic of the bill. The threshold question we have to ask is: can we successfully force a new Massachusetts food labeling system on the rest of the country?
S.246 – An Act relative to school transportation parity
Senator Brownsberger has recently submitted the testimony in this post on S.246, An Act relative to school transportation parity, which he supports.
S.126 – An Act relative to the shipping of alcohol
Senator Brownsberger has recently submitted the testimony in this post on S.126 – An Act relative to the shipping of alcohol, which he supports.
Sen. Will Brownsberger on shipping alcohol
On WRKO’s Morning Show? with Kim Carrigan, Senator Brownsberger discussed his bill S126? An Act relative to the shipping of alcohol, which would allow direct shipping of alcohol by Massachusetts retailers.
The obligation to upgrade the Waverley Station
How is it that a $400,000 maintenance investment by the MBTA in the Waverley station could trigger an obligation to spend tens of millions to make the station fully accessible, or in the alternative, to close the station? This post provides background on the Architectural Access Board, and how it has followed the law (and its own rules) in making this determination.