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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. It s really coming down out there!
WILL HE STAY OR WILL HE GO? What s in store for House Speaker Robert DeLeo s future? That s what everyone wants to know.
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BOSTON The Massachusetts House could see big changes at the top as speculation grows that House Speaker Robert DeLeo is weighing whether to resign to take a post at his alma mater, Northeastern University.
DeLeo, through an aide, said he has had no talks with the school, but the volume of chatter about a possible change in leadership on Beacon Hill has increased in recent days.
DeLeo, a Democrat, is already the longest-serving speaker in Massachusetts history. The speaker has had no such talks with, much less does he have any agreement with, Northeastern University, Catherine Williams, an aide to DeLeo, said Wednesday,
Massachusetts lawmakers finished their work on a compromise police reform bill Monday, filing an updated version of the landmark legislation that Democratic leaders praised as “one of the most comprehensive approaches to police reform and racial justice” in the country. Details of the conference committee’s bill crafted in closed-door negotiations over the last four months were not immediately… coronavirus Nov 16, 2020
A third House lawmaker in as many days has tested positive for COVID-19 and three more legislative employees contracted the virus, including two who were at the State House last week, according to an email sent by Speaker Robert DeLeo Sunday night to legislators and staff. DeLeo alerted the House on Sunday evening that he had been informed on Saturday…
Massachusetts House rejects Gov. Charlie Baker’s abortion amendment in fiscal 2021 budget
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
The House made good on its promise to overturn Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposed changes to the measure expanding abortion access within the fiscal 2021 budget.
House lawmakers rejected Baker’s proposed changes, which sought to rein in efforts to expand access to abortions for some teenagers and in certain cases past 24 weeks into a pregnancy. The House barely secured a two-thirds majority in the vote with 107 rejecting the governor’s amendment and 49 supporting it. Rep. Marcos Devers, a Lawrence Democrat, voted present.
“The House today reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to protecting reproductive rights in Massachusetts under threat by changes in the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court,” House Speaker Robert DeLeo said in a statement Wednesday. “The House acted to keep intact those provisions in Massachusetts that safeguard reproductive choices for all.�
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Allen launched an exploratory committee to
run for governor as a Democrat on Monday, and she plans to embark on a listening tour around the state for the next several months. Allen, of Cambridge, is a political theorist, author and policy expert, and serves as director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.