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Showing posts with label Commonwealth Magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Commonwealth Magazine. Show all posts
Saturday, November 4, 2023

Sharing 2 articles from the rebranded CommonWealth Beacon; Dizoglio audit & Danielle Allen interview

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Via CommonWealth Beacon (formerly CommonWealth Magazine): "Campbell says DiZoglio lacks legal authority to audit Legislature" &qu...
Friday, October 27, 2023

CommonWealth Magazine: "Somerset offshore wind plant clears major hurdle"

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In our recent Making Sense of Climate discussion, Ted and I discussed this Somerset Zoning Board decision. While the news seems positive wi...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

CommonWealth Magazine: "Healey administration backs Somerset project"

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"WITH A CRITICAL vote nearing in a divided town, the Healey administration urged officials in Somerset to keep moving forward with a fa...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

"Current law complicates effort" How to transition a complicated matter

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Via CommonWealth Magazine :  "THE COMMONWEALTH HAS established itself as a national leader in addressing climate change by setting an a...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Legislature overrides 24 of 35 budget vetoes; restoration of civics education - "an example of 'civics in action'”

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"MATT WILSON calls it an example of “civics in action.”  After Gov. Maura Healey vetoed $1 million from the budget appropriation for a ...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Tax relief package set for MA House/Senate votes Weds/Thur

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"Hailing it as a historic win for taxpayers, Massachusetts lawmakers will begin voting Wednesday on a $1 billion tax package that would...
Thursday, September 14, 2023

Healey Administration seeks funds for migrants, Augustus on The Codcast talks housing overall (audio)

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"THE HEALEY ADMINISTRATION said it needs another $250 million to keep the emergency shelter program afloat and will probably need addit...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

The Codcast: "Right to shelter: Is it a migrant magnet?" (audio)

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"FOR 40 YEARS, Massachusetts has had a right-to-shelter law, which requires the state to provide shelter to families with children as w...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

MA State budget signed, one of the line items cut is "Hey Sam"

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"GOV. MAURA HEALEY on Wednesday signed into law her first state budget, setting a different tone than the Republican who held the corne...
Saturday, June 24, 2023

CommonWealth Magazine: "2022 numbers paint bleak picture, with renewed calls for supervised injection sites"

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"THE STATE WAS already swimming upstream against the opioid epidemic, but new numbers showing record high opioid-related overdose death...
Friday, June 9, 2023

Senate President Spilka Statement on Tax Relief Package

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Below, please find a statement from Senate President Karen E. Spilka (D-Ashland) : "As promised, the Senate's tax relief package ...
Thursday, May 18, 2023

CommonWealth Magazine: "Split-in-two committee to hold dueling hearings this week"

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"Those interested in testifying on bills dealing with offshore wind and energy storage may have to do double-duty this week. The feudin...
Friday, May 12, 2023

CommonWealth Magazine: "New study calls WooSox stadium a bad deal for Worcester"

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"The WooSox may have hit a home run with huge attendance numbers at their new home in Worcester, but a study says the city has whiffed ...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

MA Senate releases their FY 2024 budget

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May 9, 2023 Dear Members of the Massachusetts State Senate,      For the fifth time as Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, I ha...
Friday, April 21, 2023

CommonWealth Magazine: jury greenlights transmission line; Boston combines library branches and affordable housing

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Maine jury delivers hydro relief for Mass "BAY STATE and many New England policymakers breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after a ju...
Friday, April 14, 2023

CommonWealth Magazine: "Mass. House approves unaltered tax plan"

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"THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass its $1.1 billion tax relief bill exactly as pitched earlier this...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

The MA House Ways & Means budget: via Commonwealth Magazine, Boston Globe, and direct link to budget

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Via CommonWealth Magazine : What follows is an explainer about what’s in the House Ways and Means budget proposal for fiscal 2024 . " H...
Friday, March 10, 2023

CommonWealth Magazine: "The dirty truth of Northfield Mountain’s ‘clean’ energy"

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"ON FEBRUARY 11, CommonWealth published a commentary by FirstLight Power CEO Alicia Barton bragging of the Christmas Eve grid-rescuing ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Governor Healey and Lieutenant Governor Driscoll Unveil $750 Million Tax Relief Package

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Governor Maura T. Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kimberley Driscoll today unveiled a $742 million tax relief package that provides signifi...
Saturday, February 25, 2023

From CommonWealth Magazine - climate points of view: waterfront resilience & decarbonization roadmap gaps

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"Waterfront resilience is ground zero in climate fight Nature-based solutions lend themselves to resiliency strategies"  "GOV...