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Rep. Mike Connolly

ALERT: Mass. Legislature Needs to Extend Tax Rebate to the Working Poor

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 12, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Collage by Jason Pramas. CC-BY-SA 2022 Jason Pramas. Image "MASS state house" by christopdesoto is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

The proposed $38,000 income floor for $250 checks is unfair during the ongoing economic crisis, contact your legislators today to demand they vote to eliminate it

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, fairness, government, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, rebate, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Ronald Mariano, Rep. Tami Gouveia, Sen. Karen Spilka, tax, working families, working poor

Opinion: Defending the Right to Abortion

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted May 9, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Photo by Mike Connolly

We had been warned this moment was probably coming, but it still feels like a punch to the gut.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: abortion, choice, human rights, Massachusetts, opinion, pro-choice, Rep. Mike Connolly

OPINION: MASS RENT CONTROL HEARING TUESDAY, JAN. 11, 11 A.M.

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted January 6, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Rep. Connolly at rent control rally 10/29/19

Legislature's Housing Committee Seeks Public Testimony

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: Housing, just cause eviction, Massachusetts, Op-Ed, opinion, Politics, rent control, rent stabilization, Rep. Mike Connolly, State House, tenant

DEATH THREAT AGAINST MASS POLITICIAN IS A BAD SIGN

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 20, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized

flowers in gun white on black

Should violence replace political debate, democracy could end

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, death threat, Debate, Democracy, dialogue, extremism, extremist, guns, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, Rep. Mike Connolly, slider, United States, violence

LETTER FROM STATE, CITY OFFICIALS PUSHES BAKER FOR MORE AGGRESSIVE ACTION ON COVID-19 CRISIS

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted April 3, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS

Gov. Charlie Baker at coronavirus press conference

36 signatories so far

Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: action, coronavirus, COVID-19, demand, Gov Charlie Baker, government, letter, letter to the editor, Massachusetts, Rep. Mike Connolly, slider

NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 3.14.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 14, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC UPDATE BANNER

MA Bill Aims to Stop People from Losing Their Homes During Outbreak

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, coronavirus, eviction, Foreclosure, fundraising, headlines, Health, legislation, Massachusetts, news, Notes from the Pandemic, Rep. Kevin Honan, Rep. Mike Connolly, Team Reporting, tenant

MARCHING SEASON: JOIN THE RALLY FOR RENT CONTROL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Throwback screenshot via WBZ from the '90s. When TV reporters like Liz Walker still covered housing justice.

 

Mass State House, Oct 29, noon-1:30 pm

 

Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Ben Simon, Boston, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Boston DSA, California, Column, Democracy, DSA, Gov Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, New York, Oregon, Protest, rally, reform, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Nika Elugardo

LAST CALL FOR JUSTICE AT THE EAST CAMBRIDGE COURTHOUSE

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted September 5, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Image by Rep. Mike Connolly. Cropped by Jason Pramas.

 

City council must resist bogus privatization scheme

 

Everyone agrees the state-owned Sullivan Courthouse site in East Cambridge needs to be remediated of asbestos and prepared for redevelopment. 

 

The current proposal, backed by the Baker administration and Cambridge’s city manager, would accomplish ...  read more

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Courthouse, criticism, East Cambridge, Housing, justice, opinion, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly

DON’T BUY WHAT CAMBRIDGE MAYOR MCGOVERN IS SELLING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 30, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

East Cambridge courthouse photo by Jason Pramas

 

An East Cambridge courthouse update

 

It’s sad when a local public official claims powerlessness before real estate developers, the market, and state government. But that’s exactly what Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern is doing in the latest round of the already half-century long East Cambridge ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, DCAMM, Democracy, development, East Cambridge, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Massachusetts, Mayor Marc McGovern, Middlesex County, planning, policy, Politics, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly, safety, socialism, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR THE BROAD LEFT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 2, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

On July 5, start asking the Democrats, “What policies will help working families?”

 

The patriotic season is upon us. With it comes the arrival of the 2020 presidential race—far too early, in my estimation. Which in turn tends to generate conservative political ripples all the way down to the local level in the service of “winning” ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: America, anarchist, Apparent Horizon, Boston, capitalism, City Councilor Michelle Wu, Column, communist, corporations, Democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Environment, Gov Charlie Baker, Green Party, Jason Pramas, July 4, July 5, left, left wing, Massachusetts, Politics, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Mike Connolly, Republican Party, Republicans, right, right wing, socialist, usa

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