The Special Commission on the Commonwealth’s Disability Retirement System, which Senator Brownsberger co-chairs, will be brainstorming and discussing proposals for reform at its meeting on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. This …
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Quality Early Education: A Means to Securing the American Dream?
In the course of our school visits, Senator Brownsberger and I have witnessed many challenges faced by today’s educators, as well as the impressive work they do with limited resources. …
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Investment in Quality Early Education
Please share your thoughts here regarding the potential for improving students’ and societies’ long-term outcomes by investing in quality early education. Please feel free to reference this piece I wrote …
Public Comment Period Extended for Logan Runway Draft Environmental Assessment
The public comment period for a draft environmental assessment of a proposal to utilize a satellite-guided airport route to reduce noise pollution in the Greater Boston area has been extended through March 15, …
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FAA Opens Public Comment Period for Logan Draft Environmental Assessment
Representatives of MassPort briefed legislative offices today about the FAA’s proposal for a satellite-guided airplane route that would reduce net noise pollution in the Greater Boston area. They indicated that …
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Armenian Genocide Commemoration Planning Underway
The Armenian Genocide Commemoration has become a powerful annual event at the State House, one that commemorates the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1923 by the Ottoman Turkish …
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