A summary of S.2142 (An Act To Increase Opportunities For Long-Term Substance Abuse Recovery), which was enacted by both branches of the Legislature and laid before the Governor.
Senate Committee on Steering & Policy 188th Session Wrap-up
Senator Mike Rush, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Steering and Policy, circulated this summary of the major initiatives and accomplishments of the Senate–even though not every bill that passed the Senate was also enacted by the House and signed by the Governor.
Computations in Airplane Noise Study
This post offers some background related to the conversation about airplane noise in Belmont and Watertown including some downloadable data.
This post is basically an exploration of the data. But it does yield a bottom line insight: flights departing from runway 33L are very concentrated over two narrow corridors in Belmont and Watertown, but spreading them out by as much as 1000 meters in either direction would not make a detectable difference in experienced noise levels.
2013-2014 Session Wrapup
It was a very productive legislative session. We did get a lot done, but weren’t able to reach some important issues.
The final compromise on firearms licensing rules
After two years of negotiations, the bill on the Governor’s desk has become a bill about improving gun safety–as opposed to a bill about taking away guns or making it harder to legally own guns.
Non-compete reform left out of final bill
The Boston Herald reports that, “An amendment that would have limited the use of non-compete agreements in employee contracts did not make the final version of the state Legislature’s economic development bill. The amendment, written by state Senator William Brownsberger (D-Belmont), would have banned the use of non-competes on hourly employees and provided legal incentives …
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