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26TH ANNUAL IMMIGRANTS’ DAY AT THE STATE HOUSE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 23, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

MIRA Coalition will host the virtual event

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: advocacy, immigrant, MIRA, Politics, State House

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

STATE WIRE: MASS HOUSE REJECTS HIGHER TAXES ON WEALTHY

Written by SUZANNE POTTER Posted November 11, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Investing in those things is going to require additional revenue."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, news, news to us, State House

BACKGROUND, RESIDENCE AT ISSUE IN SOMERVILLE RACE FOR OPEN HOUSE SEAT

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted June 24, 2020 Filed Under: Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Candidates Erika Uyterhoeven and Catia Sharp.

Katie Wallace is a veteran local campaign organizer who met with each of the candidates shortly after they entered the race. After making the rounds, Wallace said, “I felt confused about some of the things that Erika said that did not make sense to me. I felt that she was not being transparent.”

Filed Under: Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Catia Sharp, controversy, democratic socialist, Election, Erika Uyterhoeven, left, Massachusetts, news, Politics, progressive, slider, SOMERVILLE, State House

STANDOFF AT THE GATE: HONG KONG PROTESTS SPILL INTO BOSTON, RIGHT DOWN TO THE HARASSMENT OF ACTIVISTS

Written by Posted August 22, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The heckler returned soon after, and as the rally drew to a close, he lingered nearby, closely watching Hui and her posse of volunteers and organizers. When she began to leave the scene, he stayed on her tail, continuing his shout, “Hong Kong belongs to China!”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, Boston Common, china, Hong Kong, protests, State House

GEORGE CRONIN (1937—2019)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 24, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass has lost an incredible guy and one of the state’s great institutional memories

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, George Cronin, Governor's Council, Massachusetts, RIP, State House, west roxbury

THE KID FROM HAVERHILL

Written by Posted June 27, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Andy Vargas, the first Latino state rep from Haverhill, aims to be the kind of elected role model he couldn’t find as a kid

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Andy Vargas, Beacon Hill, Dominican, Haverhill, immigration, State House, state rep

STOP THE ELECTRIC SCOOTER SCAM

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

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bird Rides, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Column, criticism, Democracy, electric scooters, Gov Charlie Baker, Health, Jason Pramas, Lime, Massachusetts, MBTA, micromobility, policy, Politics, privatization, public, PVTA, Raleigh, RTA, safety, SOMERVILLE, St. Louis, State House, transportation

ROE AHEAD: GROUPS BOOST MODEL FOR WHAT REPRODUCTIVE CARE ACCESS SHOULD LOOK LIKE

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted January 22, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"In Massachusetts we not only have to protect that care for the people … but we also have to serve as a model for what access to care should look like for the rest of the nation.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Healthy Youth Act, NARAL Pro-Choice, Planned Parenthood, reproductive rights, ROE Act, Sexual Health Lobby Day, State House

‘WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY THERE AND NOT ON PROSECUTION’

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted January 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

State Rep.-elect Nika Elugardo knows the dangers of illegal drug trade. "It creates violence, it perpetuates poverty, you see thousands of dollars going through in plastic baggies and meanwhile our water is getting cut off."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Boston, cannabis, drugs, legislature, Marijuana, Nika Elugardo, State House, weed

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