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Pandemic policy preservation bill emerges in Senate
By Katie Lannan State House News Service JUNE 8, 2021…..Massachusetts residents could keep voting by mail in any elections scheduled…
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Shifting politics, pandemic create opening for immigration reformers
By Matt Murphy State House News Service APRIL 5, 2021…..The arrival of the Biden administration and the shifting of the…
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Massachusetts Legislature approves extension of pandemic-inspired voting reforms
By Katie Lannan Both branches of the Massachusetts Legislature have now approved a three-month extension of pandemic-inspired voting reforms, setting…
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House will seek to extend vote by mail option while lawmakers work on permanent bill
Michael P. Norton The House will seek to extend vote by mail options until June 30, 2021, Speaker Ron Mariano…
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Markey, Pressley, others, push for immigration reform and solutions at summit
BOSTON, MA – Friday, Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Angus King (I-ME) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Harvard University President…
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Mail-in, early voting and same-day registration could be here to stay in election reform bill
By Matt Murphy FEB. 9, 2021…..After seeing how voting by mail helped lead to a record number of voters casting…
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Baker signs landmark policing reform law
By Colin A. Young DEC. 31, 2020…..As the year and legislative session come to a close, Gov. Charlie Baker on…
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Governor Baker expected to sign revised police reform bill
Michael P. Norton The policing reform bill that grabbed Beacon Hill’s attention midway through 2020 is back on Gov. Baker’s…
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Massachusetts police reform bill sent to Governor Baker after passage in House and Senate
By Matt Murphy and Chris Lisinski DEC. 1, 2020…..Six months after George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis…
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Black leaders look to shape closed-door Massachusetts police reform talks
By Katie Lannan A group of Black community leaders and organizations have told lawmakers negotiating over a police reform bill…
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