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Posted on January 02, 2020

Why can’t Massachusetts pass a budget on time?

Why can’t Massachusetts pass a budget on time? The Massachusetts State Legislature keeps passing budgets late. Very late. In 2018 & 2019….

Posted on January 01, 2020

Deadlines Looming for MA Legislature

Deadlines looming for legislature MA State legislative session is almost two-thirds finished. Friend- Today, the MA State House just held….

Posted on November 01, 2019

The MA State House is leaving parents behind

If you’re a parent who wants to run for office in Massachusetts, you can’t use campaign funds to cover child care expenses. Your opponent….

Posted on September 17, 2019

Why has MA failed to stand up to Trump on immigration?

Ever since Donald Trump was elected President, progressives have been looking for ways to stand up to his racist and authoritarian….

Posted on August 18, 2019

Massachusetts can’t afford to fund basic necessities. How did we get here?

It’s been more than a month since a Red Line train derailed, injuring several people and throwing our transit system into chaos. We still….

Posted on July 11, 2019

Legislators want health insurance lobbyists to study Medicare for All

The Massachusetts legislature held a hearing today on Medicare for All in Massachusetts. Included in the hearing agenda was H.1163, a bill….

Posted on June 03, 2019

MA legislators just voted again to disenfranchise people in prison. And the vote wasn't even public.

Joint statement from Act on Mass, Progressive Massachusetts, and the Emancipation Initiative. Mass. legislature rejects voting rights for….

Posted on May 28, 2019

Bernie Sanders supports prisoner voting rights. Massachusetts took those rights away in 2001.

After Bernie Sanders was asked about prisoner voting rights at a CNN town hall, Twitter erupted in debate over the issue. Many correctly….

Posted on May 22, 2019

Bob DeLeo's House Fails to Do Its Job on Revenue

Today, as the Massachusetts House of Representatives debated revenue-raising amendments to the state budget, the legislative culture that….

Posted on May 14, 2019

The richest in MA don't pay enough taxes. The House will get a rare chance to vote on this 4/22

ASK YOUR STATE REP to co-sponsor Amendment #1357 to H.3800 (House Budget) For more updates like this, sign up for our mailing list at TL; DR….

Posted on April 05, 2019

How Do Your Reps Vote?

There are Three Big Problems with the MA State House: Votes in Committee are not public State Reps don’t have time to understand what they….

Posted on February 02, 2019

A (State)house Divided

BEACON HILL - The Massachusetts House returned to business today, and returning lawmakers and two dozen new members took the oath of office,….