The Beacon Hill Patch offers coverage of Governor Baker’s criminal justice reform bill signing, via the State House News Service
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Charlie Baker signs off on sweeping criminal justice bill — but requests some changes
Governor Baker signed the criminal justice reform bill into law on Friday, April 13 via The Boston Globe
Volunteer Alongside Senator Brownsberger This Spring!
Ready for a little Spring cleaning?
FY19 Chapter 90 Distribution
Today the Senate will take up a Chapter 90 authorization bill. Chapter 90 funds are the primary source of funding that the Commonwealth provides to cities and towns for road maintenance and repair. Last year the state authorized $200 million of Chapter 90 funding. Chapter 90 funds are appropriated to all cities and towns determined …
In Germany, It’s Hard to Find a Young Adult in Prison
A report on Germany’s juvenile justice system, which Senator Brownsberger toured alongside the author, Vincent Schiraldi of Columbia University, during a trip the institution’s Justice Lab organized for Massachusetts government officials in March 2018, via the Crime Report
Opinion: Criminal Justice Reform Lightens Up On The Little Guy
Senator Brownsberger shares an op-ed in The Belmontonian about the criminal justice reform package recently passed by the state legislature.