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Should tax payers
bestow a billion dollars on the biotech industry? State Senator
Pat Jehlen has her doubts.
Monday, March 31,
is Cesar Chavez Day. There will be celebrations across the
country to remember the life and memory of Cesar Chavez whose
vision and courage won respect and dignity for migrant farm
workers, and put entire communities on the road to a better
future. To learn more about the life of Ceasar Chavez click here.
A citizen petition
is circulating to ask Congress to hold a congressional briefing
to investigate the problems with the Massachusetts health
insurance law. Signatures are needed.
Lead is a neurological
toxin that can inflict permanent neurological damage to children.
Over the past two decades, a series of regulations have managed
to reduce the instances of children being poisoned by lead
paint. But lead continues to be used in many products made
for children and even infants.
Losses to the local
economy would have to be considered before approving big
box projects.
Some European cities
are making remarkable progress on reducing energy consumption
- consumption - often showing leadership that drives improvements
in national policies.
A citizens groups
called Repeal 40B has filed a ballot petition to repeal the
state's much-abused Chapter 40B comprehensive permitting
law.
NORTHAMPTON - Organizers
of a one-day conference held in the city this weekend believe
it's time to take "Buy Local" to the next level.
As another favor to
developers, the Patrick Administration proposes eliminating
citizens' rights to appeal DEP decisions.
The Massachusetts
Legislature passes bills backed by real estate developers
and the Patrick Administration to roll back protections for
state tidelands.
The lines were clearly
drawn. On the one hand were proponents of bills to expedite
the liquidation of state-owned lands by setting up a new
state panel operating under executive procedures with strict
timelines. On the other side, a set of municipal officials
and citizen groups arguing that locally-based planning processes
based on open, careful deliberations were essential to making
good land use decisions. The members of the Legislature's
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State
Assets listened closely to the divergent views at the June
26 hearing.
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