Folks might take interest in this discussion on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 (5-7 PM), sponsored by Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and Harvard Alumni Association.
Better Bus Project
From MassDOT: The MBTA is pleased to introduce the Better Bus Project. Nearly 450,000 people in 50 communities rely on MBTA bus service every weekday. The goal of the Better Bus Project is to understand and analyze where our bus service is not meeting the standards set by the January 2017 Service Delivery Policy, and …
The CSG package — good time and completion credits
The CSG good time rate and completion credit increases will directly reduce the incarcerated population by 5% or more, while giving inmates stronger incentives to participate in rehabilitative programming.
Movement on School Funding
Two actions this week signal legislative commitment to improving education funding.
Community service, town celebrations, and a new museum director
Coverage of the 5th Annual Watertown Helps Out Day, for which Senator Brownsberger co-sponsored a cleanup of the Watertown Bike Path with State Representative Jon Hecht, via the Boston Globe
Jim Brooks Stabilization Act
Recently, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary voted to put the Jim Brooks Stabilization Act to study, which means ending its prospects in this legislative session. While I am concerned about displacement, I voted to put the bill to study because it was flawed in four ways.