Late Sunday night, the legislature passed a compromise bill to regulate Transportation Networking Companies like Uber and Lyft. Here are some of the major components of the H.4570: An oversight department within the Department of Public Utilities is created, funded by a surcharge on the companies. TNC vehicles are subject to annual inspection, which can …
Shared Parenting
Shared parenting makes sense, but there is no consensus on whether our divorce law needs to be changed.
73 Bus Summer 2016 Service Issues
In response to constituent complaints about the service quality of the 73 bus, we reached out to the MBTA to see if there was an explanation and also to get a timeline for the return of the trackless trolley service. Below is the response from MTA Service Planning: As the original email suggested, the recent poor performance …
Advocates fight to erase shadow of juvenile court records
The Boston Globe reports on legislative efforts to expunge juvenile court records.
7/19/16 Bowker Update
MassDOT has passed along the following status update on the Bowker Overpass construction: Demolition – has been completed Lighting under the bridge – Based on a site walk with Senator Brownsberger, Representative Rushing, and Representative Livingstone we have added a new lighting system to the project. This work will begin in August and will be …
Police Training Standards
Will One issue which has come up in the Police Shooting in Minnesota is that the officer involved privately took several additional training courses with or without the permission of his department from an outfit that is known for teaching police to be paranoid of situations and to react rather than to think. I believe …