Pressure mounts for Massachusetts to vaccinate educators
By Emma Platoff and Felicia Gans Globe Staff,Updated March 2, 2021, 8:15 p.m.
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Vaccination site workers boarded a school bus transporting education workers as it arrived at a mass vaccination site in a parking lot at Hollywood Park adjacent to SoFi stadium during the Covid-19 pandemic in Inglewood, Calif. on Monday.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
Pressure mounted Tuesday on Governor Charlie Baker to join the majority of states in immediately vaccinating teachers, as President Biden, state lawmakers, and teachers unions intensified calls to move educators to the front of the line.
Beacon Hill Roll Call: Jan. 25 to Jan. 29, 2021
Published: 2/5/2021 2:53:05 PM
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on a roll call from the week of Jan. 25 to Jan. 29. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week.
Climate change (S 9) The House, 144 to 14, and the Senate on a voice vote without a roll call, approved and sent to Gov. Charlie Baker a 57-page climate change bill. A key section makes the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal net zero by 2050. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Mike Barrett, D-Cambridge, and Rep. Thomas Golden, D-Lowell, who led the successful charge for legislative approval of the legislation for several months in 2020. An identical measure had passed in the House by 145 to 9 and in the Senate by 38 to 2 in 2020 margins that were large enough for the Legislature to easily override any gubernatorial veto. But it was too late. The 2020 Legislature ended on Jan. 5 and under legislative rules, any vetoes made, or
The bill calls for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, sets interim emission targets, establishes appliance energy efficiency standards, authorizes additional purchases of offshore wind power and adds protections for environmental justice communities.
Five new lawmakers to watch on Beacon Hill
The latest class of new legislators includes a former boxer, actor, third-grade teacher, and more than one activist
By Matt Stout and Victoria McGrane Globe Staff,Updated January 20, 2021, 5:14 p.m.
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From left to right, top to bottom: Representative Kip Diggs, Representative Erika Uyterhoeven, Representative Kelly Pease, Senator Adam Gomez and Representative Brandy Fluker Oakley.
Massachusettsâs new class of state lawmakers arrived at a moment like none other on Beacon Hill: amid a pandemic, on the heels of a historic leadership change in the House, and with work still bleeding over from the last legislative session.