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Senator Brownsberger invites residents in the Second Suffolk and Middlesex District to apply to attend the 70th Citizens’ Legislative Seminar (CLS) to be held this spring on Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the State House. Each senator may nominate one constituent to participate, with acceptance on a first come, first …
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5 pm today was the deadline for filing bills for the 2013-2014 session. Senator Brownsberger filed 47 bills on a wide range of topics. Some resulted from suggestions by constituents and others represent his work on pension reform, environmental issues and other subjects. You can check the list of bills on www.malegislature.gov by going to …
At the start of 2013, we made a number changes to the website. The goals of the changes are (1) to make it easier for people to find what they are looking for; (2) to make it easier for people to give us feedback and raise issues. Let us know how we can do better!
The next couple of years in state government will be challenging and fascinating and I appreciate the opportunity to serve as your state senator.
The bill purports to save $200 billion over the coming 15 years which works out to $13 billion per year. About 60% of employer-sponsored health insurance is self-insured and thus generally not subject to state control. The remaining 40% of “fully-insured” plans carry premiums of about $13 billion per year. How can that be? How could …
If the 2012 ballot questions for physician assisted suicide and medical marijuana fail, do you think there’s a chance that the legislature will act on those topics?
