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NATIONAL WIRE: RAISING MINIMUM WAGE HELPS TEENS, FAMILIES

Written by ANDREA SEARS Posted January 7, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

A new study from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center says raising the minimum wage has little impact on teen unemployment, but can have a big impact on teens and their families.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, lawmakers, legislature, Mass, Massachusetts, minimum wage, State House

MASS HYSTERIA: FROM GATEHOUSE, TO THE SLAKE HOUSE, TO THE STATE HOUSE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 10, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

The week Commonwealth residents looked at the encroaching national apocalypse and said, ‘Us too!’

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Charlie Baker, GateHouse, lawmakers, legislature, Mass, Massachusetts, racism, State House, Tom Menino

STATE WIRE: ADVOCATES TELL LAWMAKERS TO GET THE LEAD OUT

Written by ANDREA SEARS Posted October 30, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The bill would require the replacement of lead service lines, the largest single source of lead in drinking water, to schools and daycare centers, and installation of filters on taps and fountains.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, BPS, daycare centers, lawmakers, Lead, legislature, Mass, Massachusetts, MASSPIRG, schools, service lines, State House, Water

LAWMAKERS PUSH TO RENAME THE YAWKEY MBTA STATION

Written by BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ Posted August 17, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"I think [the proposed bill] makes perfect sense... I’m confused how it’s named ‘Yawkey’ anyway, in light of what we know about him.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Britni de la Cretaz, Charlottesville, confederate statues, fenway park, lawmakers, legislature, massachusetts state house, MBTA, naacp, racism, Red Sox, station, statues, Yawkey Way, Zineb Curren

GUEST OP-ED: THEY CAN’T BREATHE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 15, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

On exploitation and asbestos (plus solutions)

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: asbestos, Beacon Hill, Boston, building boom, construction, Donald Trump, house, immigrant workers, lawmakers, legislature, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, mitigation, senate, State House, undocumented workers

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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