I heard on the radio that there was some movement on limiting non-competes in Massachusetts – is that still likely to happen? The description sounded like very weak sauce – restricting to “only” a year, for example. In my opinion if we want to compete with silicon valley for innovation, we should be at least …
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Massachusetts anti-motorist bills
In January, Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation considered a number of bills: The full list of bills is here: https://malegislature.gov/Events/EventDetail?eventId=2342&eventDataSource=Hearings I urge you to oppose the major bills: S.1807*, S.1808*, S.1809*, S.1859, S.1879, S.1900, H.3069, H.3072, H.3073. * Filed by Will B. Also in the mix are a few bills that may or may …
Interesting proposal for Mass Ave redesign in Cambridge
This is someone else’s work; I just saw it and thought it made a tremendous amount of sense. http://amateurplanner.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-complete-mass-ave-in-cambridge.html The motivation is: Mass Ave in Cambridge devotes far more space than necessary to automobile traffic, based on existing car counts, and is too dangerous for many people to bike, and traffic jams there impede transit. …
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Patient Experience Survey Results Released
On Tuesday, February 2, 2016, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) announces the results of the only independent statewide patient experience survey at www.healthcarecompassma.org. The survey encompassed nearly 65,000 patients from more than 500 primary care practices representing approximately 4,000 physicians across the state, who responded to the question of whether they would recommend their primary …
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Should Will support S.2092?
I am asked by the Union of Concerned Scientists to urge my State Senator to support S.2092, a measure to prepare/protect/ Massachusetts for/from global warming. “The Massachusetts Senate will soon vote on a bill requiring Governor Charlie Baker and future administrations to develop comprehensive plans to guide the Bay State as it prepares for more …
After a year of work and $32 MM dollars, MBTA failed again
A piece of broken rail forced shuttle service along the Ashmont branch of the Red Line during rush hour Tuesday morning, an issue the MBTA believes resulted from a quick drop in temperature this week. “The exact cause remains under investigation, but it is believed to be related to the extreme drop in temperatures (from …
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