In discussing changes to public employee benefits, a critical question is which groups of employees they should be applied to. There is no legal or moral limit to changes for new employees. It would be both illegal and immoral in most instances to make big changes to benefits of those already retired. For the cases …
Author Archives: Will Brownsberger
Legislative Stats for the 2009-2010 Session
An overview of bill flow in the past session.
Move probation to the executive branch?
While the problem of patronage in probation may have been substantially addressed by changing leadership, it still may make sense to reorganize the system.
Special Education Costs and the Circuit Breaker
The special education circuit breaker is a possible source of additional funds for local school budgets in Fiscal 2012 budget cycle.
Freezing unemployment insurance rates
Today, the House voted unanimously to stop an increase in the unemployment insurance assessments on employers.
Farm Animal Cruelty Act
I have received hundreds of identical emails, mostly from people outside Massachusetts, urging me to support the Farm Animal Cruelty Act.