The price of bottle deposits hasn’t changed in decades. I would hope that we would increase each deposit to at least 10 cents, to more accurately reflect price increases, and furthermore that there be some sort of provision for a periodic update (say every 5 years, or every 3, or something like that) that reflects …
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Ending outrageous bank overdraft charges
Responding to constituents who had complained about outrageous bank overcharges, I filed a bill earlier this year that would limit bank overcharges to one per day.
Supporting the bottle bill — hearing on October 7
I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately that read as follows:
“Please support HB 3515, the updated Bottle Bill. It has been the most successful recycling program in the Commonwealth. Over 30 billion containers have been recycled since it became law in 1983.
Next Draft of Non-competition Legislation — Hearing on October 7
Representative Ehrlich and I are pleased to now publish a next draft for continued input. A hearing on the legislation will be held at 10:30AM on October 7 in Room A-2 in the state house.
OK, so is the “Fluffernutter” our official sandwich now?
As it truely deserves to be?
The Roll Call tally sheet on the senatorial succession vote.
Some had asked to see the roll call on the senatorial succession vote. Here is the tally sheet for the major roll call that settled the issue.