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When Mass. National Guard Gets the Call, Lawmaker Wants To Know Where and Why Rep. Mindy Domb filed legislation that would require the governor to provide advance notification to state legislators when Guard members are activated and deployed to their districts. By Chris Van Buskirk •
Updated on April 22, 2021 at 9:37 am
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When Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker called up 1,000 members of the state s National Guard in August, state Rep. Mindy Domb, like many others in the state, wanted more information.
The administration at first offered little explanation as to why Baker activated members of the National Guard, and the order did not offer a detailed reasoning.
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Lawmakers wade into redistricting without key data
More than a dozen hearings planned over next six months
Matt Murphy
State House News Service
BOSTON By most accounts, the redistricting process 10 years ago was a huge success. The district maps produced by legislative leaders avoided challenges in federal court for the first time in decades and most stakeholders walked away feeling heard.
Despite losing a Congressional seat, the Legislature created double the number of majority-minority districts in the Massachusetts House and established the newly drawn U.S. House district now held by U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress.