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A POTENTIALLY BIG STEP FOR SEX WORK SAFETY

Written by Posted February 1, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

While current law ensures that courts must go to great lengths to avoid the arraignment of sexually exploited children, loopholes remain through which young people in the sex trade can still be prosecuted.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Kay Khan, Mass Politics, Massachusetts Sex Worker Ally Network, Prostitution, sex workers, SWOP-Boston, trafficking

MASS HAS A NEW PARTY (AND NOT JUST THE ONE REPUBLICANS ARE THROWING RIGHT NOW)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 5, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

I didn't hang at Evan Falchuk's campaign office on Tremont Street past midnight just for kicks this morning. Nor was I only there for the beer, much of which was being sipped and spilled in celebration.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #magov, #magov14, #mapoli, Boston Common, Boston Globe, Brad Falchuk, Brandeis, Charlie Baker, Commonwealth, Debate, Evan Falchuk, independent voters, Jeff McCormick, Martha Coakley, Mass Politics, NECN, Ralph Nader, Scott Lively, spoiler, United Independent Party, western Mass, WGBH

NOVEMBER BALLOT MEASURE MADNESS: 4 QUESTIONS TO HOLD MASS OVER UNTIL POT LEGALIZATION IN 2016

Written by DIG INTERN Posted October 14, 2014 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

Historically speaking, 54 percent of questions put to Bay State voters have been approved since 1990. This time, after much speculation and signature wrangling—and in one case a court intervention—four initiatives remain from an initial field of 33. So there are really only two questions left: Which ones will pass, and which will flame out?

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, ballot measures, bottle bill, business groups, law relative to earned sick time, law to prohibit casino gambling, Mass Politics, Massachusetts, notable rejected measures, question 1, question 2, Question 3, question 4, RWNJs

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