THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE passed more substantive legislation in the last 18 days of its two-year session than it had in the previous 550. In those 18 days of July, it passed the state’s annual budget, over a dozen other major pieces of policy legislation, and over 100 minor bills. In just the last six days […]
John Lippitt
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Mr. Speaker, appoint a commission to study House
What follows is written as an open letter to House Speaker Ron Mariano. Based on news coverage of your decision to postpone the rules debate to July, it appears that you are concerned about the role of Act on Mass and other non-profit grassroots groups in so effectively galvanizing the voting public to demand more […]