Supporters of a Massachusetts ballot question that would levy a new 4% tax on all income above $1 million to fund public education and infrastructure held a rally in Pittsfield Monday.
Mark is endorsed by his House colleagues John Barrett III, left, Smitty Pignatelli and Tricia Farley-Bouvier. With his district being eliminated, Mark would have had to take on.
State Rep. Paul Mark, a Peru Democrat first elected in 2010, is running to represent the Berkshires in the state Senate. He has the backing of his fellow Berkshire County
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The Berkshire Labor Assembly and Western Mass Area Labor Federation hosted a socially distanced memorial to remember all those who have lost their lives to preventable workplace injury or illness. This includes deaths from COVID-19, workplace injury, or other work-related illnesses. Berkshire Central Labor Council President Brian Morrison and Liz Recko-Morrison, Berkshire chapter director of the Massachusetts Community College Council, read the names of t hose who died at or as a result of their work this year including essential workers, first responders, and firefighters. State Sen. Adam Hinds, City Council President Peter Marchetti and Councilor at Large Pete White were in attendance. Hinds and White spoke on the importance of legislative changes to protect workers such as emergency paid sick time and a $15 minimum wage.