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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ and representatives’ votes from the week of Jan. 8-12. REVENGE PORN AND TEEN SEXTING (H 4241) House 151-0, approved and sent to the Senate a proposal that would prohibit the posting of sexually explicit images of another person online without their permission […]
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As towns and cities see a rise in natural disasters that require greater emergency response than their local resources can support alone, two Western Massachusetts lawmakers renewed their call Tuesday to divert a portion of excess capital gains tax revenue toward a proposed disaster relief fund.
The climate crisis is fueling a steady growth in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather, and Massachusetts cities and towns face an increasingly common conundrum trying to respond to those emergencies.