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MAYORS SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF DRIVER’S LICENSE BILL

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted April 7, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The legislation would help to advance immigrant rights

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bill, michelle wu, mobility, Politics, transportation

MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE PASSES DRIVER’S LICENSE BILL

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted February 18, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

It will expand driver's license access to all residents, regardless of immigration status

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bill, driving, immigration, license

HEALTHCARE AND BUSINESS LEADERS SPEAK OUT ABOUT DRIVER’S LICENSE BILL

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted February 2, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Why they support "driving privileges for all qualified residents, regardless of immigration status"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bill, driving, legislation, license, Politics

LEGISLATURE WILL HEAR TESTIMONY ON EXPANDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO POSTPARTUM CARE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted September 11, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

A bill before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing would extend postpartum coverage under MassHealth from 60 days to 12 months

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bill, legislation, MassHealth, medical, Politics

GIVE MA JOURNALISM COMMISSION SEATS TO WORKING JOURNALISTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 10, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

This week, I joined fellow journalists, journalism educators, and members of the public at large in testifying on a bill to form a Mass journalism commission that is currently before the state legislature. In view of the potential importance of the initiative, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, bill, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Column, communication, Democracy, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, journalism department, journalist, labor, legislature, Massachusetts, NABET, NewsGuild, public college, reform, Rep. Ed Coppinger, SAG-AFTRA, Sen. Diana DiZoglio, Society of Professional Journalists, testimony, transparency, union

IT’S TIME TO BRING BACK RENT CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 27, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bill, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, capitalism, Column, corruption, Democracy, economy, greed, Housing, Jason Pramas, labor, legislation, Massachusetts, neoliberal, Politics, poverty, Real Estate, referendum, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, socialism, SOMERVILLE, state government

GRAND SCHEME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 26, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

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Mass legislature helps, harms workers in “deal” with labor and business lobbies

 

No sooner did the Supreme Judicial Court shoot down the “millionaires’ tax” referendum question last week than the Mass ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, bill, budget, Column, corporation, Democracy, economy, education, Fair Share amendment, family and medical leave, Fight For 15, general court, Gov Charlie Baker, graduated, grand bargain, higher education, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, millionaire's tax, MTA, news, Politics, public, referendum, rich, SEIU, Speaker Robert DeLeo, Supreme Judicial Court, taxation, transportation, wealthy

FOIA-BLES: CRITICAL MASS RECORDS REFORM BILL TAKES TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 1, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

If the best parts of the Senate bill survive and the worst provisions in the House bill are scrapped, then the Massachusetts public records law might become a little bit less broken.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: andrew quemere, bay state examiner, bill, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Broken Records, FOIA, House Senate, lawmakers, legislature, Massachusetts, Maya Shaffer, public records, Sunshine, transparency

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