Registration is now open for the 2017 Charles River Cleanup on Saturday, April 29
Please sign on to Sen. Barrett’s tax transparency bill S.98
Hi Will, Last I checked, you were not among the more than 50 cosponsors for this bill, which would require presidential candidates to release three years of the US tax returns in order to qualify for the MA ballot. If you don’t object to the bill, please sign on and work to help it pass. …
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Mount Auburn Project Update
This post is jointly authored by Senator Pat Jehlen, Representative Jon Hecht, Representative David Rogers and me. Relief for bus commuters and other users of Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge may be on its way.
Senate Resolution Regarding recent Executive Order on Immigration
Yesterday, the Massachusetts Senate adopted this resolution, which I was pleased to support. In the discussion around the vote, one of the most moving statements came from a new member of the Senate, Adam Hinds, who served for a number of years in Syria and Iraq for the UN.
An Act to reduce traffic fatalities
Senator Brownsberger, Representatives Rogers and Hecht along with several other legislators and a coalition of bicycle, pedestrian and transportation advocates worked together to develop a bill, An Act to Reduce Traffic Fatalities, which includes several measures to improve road safety. This comprehensive road safety bill includes: • childhood bicycle education • large vehicle safety equipment …
Join Senator Brownsberger at the Criminal Justice Reform in MA Conference on 2/21
The Rappaport Center for Law & Public Policy at Boston College Law School will host a free one-day conference on Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts on Tuesday, February 21 that is open to the public.