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Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University s Center for Antiracist Research, earned a top spot on Boston Magazine s 100 Most Influential Bostonians list. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Good morning, Boston! Today is Wednesday, April 28. We re talking a potential U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins, not a potential Mayor Nick Collins and that big ol Boston budget.
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Boston Magazine yesterday dropped its 100 Most Influential Bostonians list, an annual must-read. I ll keep this section short today because I don t want to spoil anything jump over there and check out the list.
More than 1,100 amendments, many COVID-related, filed in Massachusetts House’s fiscal 2022 budget proposal
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Massachusetts lawmakers filed more than 1,100 amendments ahead of next week’s debate over the House’s fiscal 2022 budget proposal, many of them in efforts to lessen the blow COVID-19 dealt to public education, social services and the economy.
House lawmakers proposed funding increases for community centers, hospitals, volunteers and nonprofits who have helped Western Massachusetts residents navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other proposals suggest relief to farmers and other businesses hit hard by the economic downturn.
“That’s where our focus is going to be, getting people back to work, making sure they’re safe, making sure they’re protected,” said Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli, a Lenox Democrat.
Select Page Building Trades Rattled Over Labor Agreement in Holyoke Home Bill By State House News Service | Apr 16, 2021 | Reprints | Print
Non-union contractors are continuing their push to strike a requirement that the new $400 million Holyoke Soldiers’ Home be built using a project labor agreement, cautioning lawmakers that the directive is unnecessary, costly and discriminatory toward minority- and women-owned contractors.
House Democrats on Thursday are expected to approve legislation (H 3701) that includes the language, which they added to a bill filed by Gov. Charlie Baker. But opponents of the measure are appealing to House progressives and members of the Black and Latino Caucus to remove the stricture.
Should Massachusetts cities give 16-year-olds the right to vote? Young activists say yes
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Election officials sort absentee and early voting ballots for counting inside Boston City Hall, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP
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Boston City Councilors Julia Mejia and Kenzie Bok introduced a home rule petition that would lower the voting age for city elections to 16 years old.
Similar ordinances have passed in Brookline, Somerville, Northampton and most recently in Cambridge, among other municipalities. The home rule petitions in Brookline, Somerville and Cambridge are pending approval from the Legislature, according to the legislation.