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REFERENDUM ROUNDUP

Written by TADHG LARABEE, POLINA WHITEHOUSE, AND MARIE UNGAR Posted November 6, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Voters hurt prisoners and some workers, helped other workers, and legalized drugs and gambling

Filed Under: Analysis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: cannabis, drug, gambler, gambling, labor, legalization, Marijuana, prison, prisoner, referendum, voters, voting, worker

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

QUESTION 1: THE ROAD NOT TRAVELLED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 14, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

A broader appeal could have resulted in a win for nurses and patients

 

There was no way I was going to criticize Question 1, prosaically dubbed the Nurse-Patient Assignment Limits ...  read more

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GRAND SCHEME

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

workers protesting

 

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

CAPITALIST VETO

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 19, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Money tips the scales of justice image

 

Popular “millionaires’ tax” referendum question blocked by a pro-business SJC

 

The Fair Share Amendment—better known as the “millionaires’ tax”—that would have gone before voters this November as a statewide referendum question  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, budget, Column, corporation, Democracy, economy, education, Fair Share amendment, graduated, higher education, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, millionaire's tax, MTA, news, Politics, public, referendum, rich, SEIU, Supreme Judicial Court, taxation, transportation, wealthy

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