Massachusetts House, Senate differ on public access to legislative testimony
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
By Matt Murphy | State House News Service
House leaders have put together a package of rules to govern how joint committees and the two legislative branches will work together over the next two years, recommending a different approach from the Senate to how committees should share written testimony, publish votes online and advise the public of upcoming hearings.
The proposal drafted by House leaders shortens the required window for advance notice of a committee hearing from one week in the Senate proposal to 72 hours, and it does not require that public testimony submitted electronically to a committee be made available to the public if requested.
McGuire, whose district includes Lake County, has held the post for the last two years.
“I am deeply honored to work with President Atkins and I’m grateful for the opportunity to help lead the Senate during what has been one of the most difficult times for our state and nation. Tackling this pandemic, expediting vaccine distribution and economic recovery will remain our top priorities here in 2021. And, we must be relentless in our continued pursuit to build more affordable housing, tackle our homelessness crisis and invest more in resources that will keep our communities safe from the growing threat of wildland fires,” Sen. McGuire said.
Senate resolution condemns 1852 Missouri Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott case
By Rudi Keller Missouri Independent
For two brief periods of his life, Dred Scott was a free man.
The first period of freedom began with the decision of a St. Louis jury in January 1850 and continued until March 1852. During that time, Scott and his wife, Harriet, were emancipated because Missouri law recognized they were freed when their owners took them into territory where slavery was prohibited by state and federal law.
That changed when their case reached the Missouri Supreme Court. With three members elected by popular vote for the first time in the state’s history and growing national agitation over slavery, the court, in a 2-1 decision, overturned all standing precedent and returned the couple to bondage.
Mandatory trainings on implicit bias, bystander intervention proposed for Massachusetts Senate
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
By Sam Doran | State House News Service
Internal rules proposed in the Senate on Thursday include new mandatory trainings on implicit bias and bystander intervention, a few transparency measures to boost public access to information, and greater limitation on a delaying maneuver utilized during policing reform debate last year.
The three drafts filed by the Temporary Rules Committee Senate Rules (S 10), Joint Rules (S 11), and COVID-era Emergency Rules (S 12) also address the Legislature’s committee structure as the branches look to set up those panels with the bill-filing deadline approaching on Feb. 19.
NEHAWU mourns the passing of comrade Thozama Mantashe
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The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) has learned with shock and sadness the untimely passing of its former 2ndDeputy President, Comrade Thozama Priscilla Mantashe. She lost her life last night due to COVID-19 complications.