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Showing posts with label Supreme Judicial Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supreme Judicial Court. Show all posts
Friday, January 10, 2025

MBTA Community Law determined to be legal by Supreme Judicial Court

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The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled the MBTA Community Law is legal. The Town of Franklin took action to bring it's zoning in compli...
Thursday, September 1, 2022

"The decision also dismisses several other claims the Republicans made"

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"THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT on Tuesday dismissed the major constitutional challenge that has been levied against the new state law allo...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

“We were confident all along that this attempt to block the VOTES Act was meritless”

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"THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT will uphold the VOTES Act, the new law that allows Massachusetts residents to vote early by mail for any re...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

MA News Recap: Some State lawmakers object to MCAS proposal; SJC approves language for "fair share"; Votes Act signed

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Mass. legislators urge state education leaders not to raise MCAS graduation requirements  "Nearly 100 Massachusetts lawmakers sent a le...
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Thursday, June 16, 2022

Supreme Judicial Court decides 2 ballots questions: approves health care question; rejects ride share question

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"THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT on Tuesday threw out a ballot question that would classify ride-share drivers as independent contractors, p...
Sunday, May 1, 2022

CommonWealth Magazine: "SJC will consider challenges to all four ballot questions"

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"State law lays out the steps needed to file an initiative petition to put a question before voters on the state ballot: get certified ...
Sunday, December 13, 2020

Views on the Supreme Judicial Court decision; they got it wrong, right, and 'following the money'

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From  CommonWealth Magazine  we share two articles of interest for Franklin and then 'follow the money':   SJC decision on Baker’s p...
Friday, December 11, 2020

CommonWealth Magazine: SJC upholds Baker's COVID-19 authority; MA moves into high-risk COVID category

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From  CommonWealth Magazine  we share two articles of interest for Franklin:     SJC upholds Baker’s sweeping COVID-19 authority "THE S...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

"served at the district court level before climbing the ranks"

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From  CommonWealth Magazine  we share an article of interest for Franklin: "SERGE GEORGES JR.’S nomination to the Supreme Judicial Cou...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

CommonWealth Magazine: Judge Dalila Argaez Wendlandt nominated to SJC; State tax revenues up over last year

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From  CommonWealth Magazine  we share an article of interest for Franklin: "GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S latest nominee to the Supreme Judicial...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

CommonWealth Magazine: Budd nominated as chief justice; Baker PAC spends more backing Kelly

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From  CommonWealth Magazine  we share two articles of interest for Franklin:   "Baker nominates Kimberly Budd as chief justice"  ...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

“I do believe that that authority has been there to deal with disasters”

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From the  Milford Daily News  and  CommonWealth Magazine ,  articles of interest for Franklin: Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the st...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

In the News: Zannetos withdraws from 4th District primary; Supreme Judicial Court upholds Sep 1 deadline

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: A second Democrat in the 4th Congressional District race has decided to su...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

"qualified immunity isn’t just invoked in excessive force cases and not just against police"

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WBUR has a real good article on the details of qualified immunity and how it has worked here in MA. I learned a few things in this article. ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

"those who care about keeping state government accountable will have their day in court"

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: "Business owners from Hubbardston, Lexington, Burlington, and Marl...