The Senate took the following votes to override the Governor’s FY17 Vetoes: The Senate voted to override the following vetoes: 0320-0003: Supreme Judicial Court Administration Reduce by: $87,621 Reduce to: $8,674,528 Senate vote: 33-6 0320-0010: Suffolk County Supreme Judicial Court Clerks Office Reduce by: $15,677 Reduce to: $1,552,058 Senate vote: 36-3 0321-1504: CPCS Attorney Salaries …
Author Archives: Andrew Bettinelli
Final “Uber” Bill
Late Sunday night, the legislature passed a compromise bill to regulate Transportation Networking Companies like Uber and Lyft. Here are some of the major components of the H.4570: An oversight department within the Department of Public Utilities is created, funded by a surcharge on the companies. TNC vehicles are subject to annual inspection, which can …
73 Bus Summer 2016 Service Issues
In response to constituent complaints about the service quality of the 73 bus, we reached out to the MBTA to see if there was an explanation and also to get a timeline for the return of the trackless trolley service. Below is the response from MTA Service Planning: As the original email suggested, the recent poor performance …
Advocates fight to erase shadow of juvenile court records
The Boston Globe reports on legislative efforts to expunge juvenile court records.
7/19/16 Bowker Update
MassDOT has passed along the following status update on the Bowker Overpass construction: Demolition – has been completed Lighting under the bridge – Based on a site walk with Senator Brownsberger, Representative Rushing, and Representative Livingstone we have added a new lighting system to the project. This work will begin in August and will be …
Making Duck Boats Safer
Jim Braude of WGBH’s Greater Boston interviewed Ivan and Martha Warmuth about their work to improve duck boat safety.