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The Atlantic
April 23, 2018
Two thousand more work in the Executive Office of the President. In 1940, the civilian agencies of the federal government employed 443,000 people. They now employ three times that number. Roosevelt's vice president and Cabinet of 10 could join him for a group picture behind his Oval Office desk.
Worcester Telegram
April 22, 2018
According to a report from the Massachusetts Sheriff Association, in fiscal 2017 Worcester County received $48.3 million to house an average of 1,110 ... Asked whether the governor would publicly urge lawmakers to increase Mr. Evangelidis' budget, his Executive Office of Administration and FinanceÃâà...
Boston Business Journal
April 21, 2018
Janelle Chan, formerly the chief of real estate for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, has been named undersecretary for housing and community development for the state's executive office of housing and economic development. She will be responsible for designing and implementingÃâà...
MassLive.com
April 21, 2018
BOSTON -- The Massachusetts unemployment rate remained at 3.5 percent in March, according to figures released Friday by the the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development and the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state added 4,700 jobs in March. But more people inÃâà...
MassLive.com
April 5, 2018
In 2016, total health care expenditures in the commonwealth grew 2.8 percent per capita, as an analysis from the state's Center for Health Information and ... social determinants of health, building on the leadership of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services through MassHealth's Delivery SystemÃâà...
The Salem News
April 2, 2018
Healey said Thursday that the competitive electric supply industry that grew from the state's 1997 deregulation of the electric market here has preyed upon ... As a result, the Attorney General is now pursuing a path that would be bad for Massachusetts consumers and bad for the Commonwealth's broaderÃâà...
Lowell Sun
April 2, 2018
The Executive Office of Public Safety and Security sent notices to the roughly 400,000 licensed gun owners in the state informing them they had until Feb. ... In response to the Vegas shooting, Massachusetts legislators moved to ban bump stocks and other accessories that increase a gun's rate of fire.
Cape Cod Times
April 1, 2018
The same report found that there were nearly 30 deaths from overdosing on an opioid per 100,000 people in Massachusetts in 2016, one of the highest ... 8, the state Executive Office of the Trial Court banned substances containing any amount of fentanyl or carfentanil — an even more potent synthetic drugÃâà...
The Daily News of Newburyport
March 30, 2018
Instead, electric distribution companies working with the state have decided to finalize a long-term contract with the 140-mile New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project in Maine, which would feed the regional power grid, including Massachusetts. The companies announced Wednesday theyÃâà...
New England Real Estate Journal Online
March 27, 2018
Regulators at all levels of government are considering how laws and policies should address the changing climate. ... The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs and the Boston Planning & Development Agency will discuss current and future efforts to plan for climate change and what it means forÃâà...
Business West (blog)
March 26, 2018
BOSTON — The state's total unemployment rate remained at 3.5% in February, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) preliminary job estimates indicate Massachusetts added 13,700 jobs in February. Over the month, the private sectorÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 13, 2018
BOSTON (AP) — Data shows Massachusetts police departments nearly doubled their ownership of stun guns from 2015 to 2016, with a record high of 1,084 uses of the guns in 2016. The state's Executive Office of Public Safety and Security reports police departments owned 6,008 stun guns in 2016.
Berkshire Eagle
March 11, 2018
HANCOCK — Carolyn Kirk, deputy secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, has pledged to seek state help in making cross-border arrangements with New York State and Charter Communications to implement the last-mile broadband plan in town.
WBUR
March 5, 2018
Students from the University of Massachusetts school system and other state colleges descended on Beacon Hill Monday to ask lawmakers to do more — maybe a ... In response, Colleen Quinn, a spokesperson for the state's Executive Office of Education, touted the governor's initiatives as efforts "that canÃâà...
WAMC
March 5, 2018
Like other municipalities across the state, downtown Great Barrington is undergoing a renaissance, with millions of dollars going toward upgrades to the town's infrastructure. In 2015, Great Barrington received a Mass Works grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing And EconomicÃâà...
Berkshire Eagle
March 4, 2018
PITTSFIELD — Tens of thousands of low-income Berkshires residents face changes in the MassHealth program, part of the state's first Medicaid overhaul in .... up with the collaborative will be automatically enrolled, according to materials supplied by the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
Worcester Telegram
March 2, 2018
AMHERST — A state program that increases access to fresh, local produce for households receiving nutritional assistance is at risk of ending, according to Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matt Beaton. Sen. James Eldridge asked Beaton about talk of the end of HealthyÃâà...
Wicked Local
March 2, 2018
Foxborough is looking to become the home of the new Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Emergency Communications Center (SEMRECC) which will serve Mansfield, Easton, ... A $1.5 million from the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security's 911 Department has covered the study costs.
The Boston Globe
March 2, 2018
AMHERST — A state program that increases access to fresh, local produce for households receiving nutritional assistance is at risk of ending, according to Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matt Beaton. State Senator James Eldridge asked Beaton about talk of the end ofÃâà...
Wicked Local
March 1, 2018
Foxborough is looking like it will become the home of the new Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Emergency Communications Center (SEMRECC) which will serve Mansfield, ... A $1.5 million from the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security's 911 Department has covered the study costs.
Boston Herald
March 1, 2018
CLEARING THE RANKS: Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon, above, were joined in 'The Departed' by now-disgraced Massachusetts State Police Lt. Col. ... Yesterday I asked the Massachusetts State Police and the Executive Office of Public Safety how many cases Genduso had testified in and whether herÃâà...
Wicked Local
March 1, 2018
A pilot drug treatment diversion pilot program launched by Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey and the state Executive Office of Public Safety will ... “Our administration continues to pursue prevention, treatment and recovery programming for Massachusetts families and local law enforcementÃâà...
Boston Herald
February 28, 2018
The departed — that's what you can call all the thousands of drug convictions erased from the books after the epic misconduct of Massachusetts law ... Yesterday I asked the Massachusetts State Police and the Executive Office of Public Safety how many cases Genduso had testified in and whether her rapÃâà...
MassLive.com
February 27, 2018
However, many of those workers are simply replacing those who left, according to state figures. "While it is encouraging that the Commonwealth is hiring additional direct care workers at (the Department of Mental Health) and (the Department of Developmental Services), workloads remain dangerously highÃâà...
Patch.com
February 21, 2018
Daniel Bennett, Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, echoed Miceli's concerns and said Gov. ... The state is working to draft rules regulating recreational marijuana sales, while municipalities are considering whether or not to allow the sale within their jurisdiction.
framinghamsource.com
February 16, 2018
The bill also requires the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to conduct an assessment on existing state efforts and implement a state plan to address the disease. There are currently 120,000 individuals in Massachusetts with Alzheimer's or a related dementia, and expertsÃâà...
Worcester Telegram
February 16, 2018
Jay Ash, secretary of Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, said the state's life sciences industry is important to the entire ... Corp., said the region's business ecosystem was built with collaboration between the companies, schools and local and state government officials.
Wicked Local
December 31, 1999
The briefing brought in a set of speakers, including Matthew Beaton, secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs; Alli Gold Roberts, state policy director at Ceres; Basim Motiwala, government relations at Honda; and Karsten Barde, new customer offerings at National Grid. After theÃâà...
Gloucester Daily Times
December 31, 1999
Kerry A. Gilpin, superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a “sobriety checkpoint” will be implemented by the Massachusetts State ... The checkpoint is made possible through a grant provided by the Highway Safety Division of the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
New England Public Radio
December 31, 1999
Implementing a massive criminal justice reform law signed last week will cost Massachusetts an estimated $15 million this fiscal year and as much as $40 ... That bill, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, also sets up a $15 million reserve within the Executive Office of AdministrationÃâà...
Energy News Network
December 31, 1999
Charlie Baker's pursuit of Canadian hydropower to meet state renewable energy targets. The transmission lines needed to bring that hydropower to Massachusetts have faced strong opposition in neighboring states. Ben Hellerstein, state director of Environment America which produced the report, saysÃâà...
Times of San Diego
December 31, 1999
He also was program evaluator at the Forsyth Institute from 2010 to 2011 and state dental Medicaid director at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services from 2006 to 2009. Martinez was a dental consultant at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of PublicÃâà...
Boston Business Journal
December 31, 1999
The state's unemployment rate stood at 3.5 percent in February, the same as it was in January, according to preliminary estimates released by the Baker ... In all, Massachusetts added an estimated 13,700 jobs last month, nearly all of them in the private sector, according to the Executive Office of Labor andÃâà...
MassLive.com
December 31, 1999
Kerry Gilpin has had to face the difficult job of addressing scandals within the Massachusetts State Police since her first day as colonel in November. The strain of ... Gilpin," Daniel Bennett, the Secretary of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security said at the Tuesday press conference. "She's had aÃâà...
MassLive.com
December 31, 1999
In Massachusetts, the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.5 percent on the month. ... The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased four-tenths of a percentage point from 3.9 percent in February 2017. ... Government added 600 (+0.1 percent) jobs over the month. Over theÃâà...
Business West (blog)
December 31, 1999
BOSTON — Local unemployment rates increased in 14 labor-market areas, decreased in one, and remained the same in nine labor market areas in the state during the month of February, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported. Compared to February 2017, the rates dropped inÃâà...
MassLive.com
December 31, 1999
On the year, the region is up 3,700 jobs, or 1.1 percent. Massachusetts gained 23,100 jobs on the month for growth of 0.7 percent. The state is up 41,500 jobs on the year, growth of 1.2 percent. Jobs numbers come from a survey of employers. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates unemploymentÃâà...
WCVB Boston
December 31, 1999
The future of Massachusetts hydropower will not come through the White Mountains of New Hampshire via the Northern Pass project, the state and utilities ... towards greenhouse gas reduction requirements," Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs spokesman Peter Lorenz said in a statement.
WBUR
December 31, 1999
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and the state's largest utilities announced Wednesday that they've revoked their offer to buy a large ... towards greenhouse gas reduction requirements," Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs spokesman Peter Lorenz said in a statement.
Boston Herald
December 31, 1999
There are only three possible ways to describe the top brass of the Massachusetts State Police and the Executive Office of Public Safety (EOPS). ... I was thinking about that accusation last month when I and 400,000 other firearms license-holders in the commonwealth got threatening letters from this sameÃâà...
