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STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
Monday, January 30, 2012
A legislative committee has begun crafting an omnibus bill to make changes to the state’s election laws, an aide to Election Laws Committee co-chair Sen. Barry Finegold told the News Service on Monday. “Senator Finegold wanted me to let you know th...
The Bay State Banner
Thursday, January 26, 2012
More than 40 years have passed since the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but attendees at the recent MLK Memorial Breakfast were reminded why it’s important to remember his dream. Hundreds of people gathered...
Sampan Newspaper
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
2012 Year in Review
Rainbow Times
Saturday, January 21, 2012
  BOSTON, Mass. -- Remarks during the signing ceremony for Massachusetts' new transgender civil-rights law lasted less than an hour when, on Thursday, Jan. 19, activists, lawmakers, the governor, and state con...
Jamaica Plain Gazette
Friday, January 20, 2012
  The MBTA is seeking to plug a budget hole by raising fares and cutting service—including weekend E Line subway/streetcar trips and most of the JP Loop bus service. The highest-ridership lines in Jamaica Pl...
Jamaica Plain Gazette
Friday, January 20, 2012
  A parade of 75 speakers, including many Jamaica Plain officials and residents, blasted the MBTA’s proposed fare hike and service cuts at a Roxbury Community College meeting last night.
Jamaica Plain Gazette
Friday, January 20, 2012
  FOREST HILLS— The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) may reach a decision on the future of the Casey Overpass in private this week, but it will not immediately hold a public meeting to an...
Jamaica Plain Gazette
Friday, January 20, 2012
  Prison sentence reforms—including a beefing-up of the so-called three strikes laws—recently passed by the state legislature are sparking controversy across the city and in Jamaica Plain. <...
Bay Windows
Thursday, January 19, 2012
An ebullient crowd gathered at the Massachusetts State House on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. to celebrate Gov. Deval Patrick’s ceremonial signing of the Transgender Equal Rights Bill. The bill, which was approved...
Boston Globe
Sunday, January 15, 2012
It’s a Monday afternoon at the Massachusetts State House, and the third-floor office of Governor Deval Patrick is crammed with legislators, aides, community organizers, activists, and journalists. Patrick plants himself at his desk, in front of a three-...
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