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Showing posts with label State House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State House. Show all posts
Friday, February 28, 2025

Senator Rausch Tapped as Senate Chair of Environment and Local Gov. Committees

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State Senator Becca Rausch  has been tapped by Senate President Karen Spilka to lead not one but two policy committees that likely will see ...
Saturday, February 1, 2025

Tri-County RVTHS celebrated at State House for Small Voc School Football Championship (Part 2)

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Tri-County Athletics shared   "Thank you to our MA Representatives Roy, Scanlon, Philips, Arena-DeRosa, and Soter, along with Senators ...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Ladybugs return to State House

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via State Rep Jeff Roy's newsletter: In 1974, something was bugging the second graders at Kennedy Elementary School in Franklin. They we...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Ladybugs to be honored at State House on 50th anniversary of bill signing

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In 1974, something was bugging the second graders at Kennedy Elementary School in Franklin. They were puzzled that among all the symbols in...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

Consider taking part in the next Citizen Legislative Seminar on Oct 29-30, 2024

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"Have you ever wanted to be a State Senator – even for a day?   You’re in luck! The Citizens’ Legislative Seminar is a chance to learn...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Washington Post has a "Deep Read" on Norfolk and the State prison shelter situation

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"Here was the town where Kevin Roche grew up: empty sidewalks, a coffee shop, a pharmacy, two pizza parlors, two ambulances, two rounda...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Episode 42 starts with eclipse highlights and legislative seminar before discussing headlines (audio)

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FM #1176 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1176 in the series.  This session of the radio show shares my conversation with T...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Boston Globe: "state to partner with feds to help migrants obtain work permits"

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"The state is partnering with the federal government to help migrants apply for work authorization documents, directing resources towar...
Sunday, April 9, 2023

"The site operates as 'a nonpartisan, open source, and nonprofit project;”

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"ONE OF THE most well-worn complaints among political watchers in Massachusetts is that the government can be, well, hard to watch. The...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

Interfaith Teen Climate group joins Mass Youth Climate Coalition at State House

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Our interfaith climate group from Franklin travelled to Boston for a march and rally on February 7th. We also met with Rep Jeff Roy's ch...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

CommonWealth Magainze: "in informal sessions, ... a single lawmaker can put off action on a bill"

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"THE LEADERS of the House and Senate met for the first time in three months with Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday to discuss a handful of i...
Friday, October 14, 2022

"commitments and authorizations under state law that are not fully kept by the Commonwealth"

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"THE STATE HAS a $1.2 billion shortfall in aid promised to cities, towns, and school districts, Auditor Suzanne Bump concluded in a rep...
Thursday, October 6, 2022

"Half of all the refund money will go to the top 10 percent of households by income."

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"THE STATE is preparing to pay out $1.4 billion in “illusory” funds under the tax cap law, giving wealthy taxpayers a huge windfall, ac...
Monday, October 3, 2022

"local government 'is the least appreciated' level of government, 'but probably should be the most valued.'”

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"A new report from the Rappaport Institute at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government highlights the strong partnership between the Ba...
Friday, August 5, 2022

"a victim of the focus [being] on other quote-unquote more important bills"

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"In the churn of its final 23-hour formal session, the Massachusetts Senate embraced a series of changes members said would protect tho...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Franklin Unified Basketball Team visited the State House on Thursday

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Via Lisa Berger :  " FHS unified basketball/team mass at the State House!!! What a great day and honor!! Thank you Representative Jeff...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

Conference Committee reaches agreement on climate bill

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Statement of State Rep. Jeff Roy and State Senator Mike Barrett  State Rep. Jeff Roy and State Senator Mike Barrett, chairs for their respe...
Friday, July 15, 2022

Beacon Hill Updates: MA House passes economic development bill; agreement in principle reached by conf cmte on State budget

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"The Massachusetts House Thursday night passed a massive, wide-ranging economic development bill that infuses $4.2 billion into the sta...