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Harvard Crimson
December 4, 2017
More than a year after Massachusetts voters legalized marijuana, the leafy green plant is on the minds of Harvard Square politicians, business owners, and University students as the opening date for recreational pot ... In municipalities that voted “no,” however, local elected officials could make that call.
New England Public Radio
December 2, 2017
Rosenberg's staff on Thursday bristled at suggestions in the story, allegedly advanced by Hefner, that he and Rosenberg were a team and that he had influence in the Senate, where he neither worked nor served as an elected official. An emotional Rosenberg said the last 24 hours have been the most ...
University of Montevallo News
December 1, 2017
As a native of Holbrook, Massachusetts, Card got his start in politics as an elected official in Holbrook and then as member of the Massachusetts House ... for President Ronald Reagan (1988) where he was liaison to governors, statewide elected officials, state legislators, mayors and other elected officials.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 1, 2017
We all know our country is suffering from a relentless, unending number of mass shootings in particular and gun deaths in general. What is perplexing to me is that despite the overwhelming evidence, some refuse to look for solutions based on the evidence. A Nov. 7 article in The New York Times pointed ...
Cape Cod Times
November 29, 2017
In her Nov. 26 letter, “Conflating immigration, drug crisis misguided,” Lyn Solomon demanded evidence of free health care for Massachusetts illegal aliens. Well it's hard to believe, but the commonwealth's liberal elected officials have created just that. While working families struggle with escalating health ...
The Daily Freeman
November 29, 2017
Maurice Hinchey's casket is carried out of St. John the Evangenlist Roman Catholic Church in Saugerties after Wednesday's funeral Mass. ... Some 300 mourners, mostly friends and family and a smattering of elected officials, attended the funeral Mass held at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church ...
MassLive.com
November 29, 2017
The law that legalized the sale and use of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts allows elected officials -such as East Longmeadow's Town Council- to enact bylaws banning recreational pot in towns where the majority of residents voted against legalization. In East Longmeadow, the 9,335 people who ...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
November 28, 2017
The newspaper also reported that numerous border patrol officials attended the Mass as well as elected officials, including U.S. Reps. Will Hurd and Beto O'Rourke of Texas and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. There was a six-mile procession from the church to the cemetery as Border Patrol ...
WBUR
November 28, 2017
The longest serving statewide elected official in Massachusetts will have a challenger for re-election in 2018, from within his own party. Boston City ... "That's the sort of behavior I would expect from elected officials in Alabama or someplace like that, not here in Massachusetts," Zakim said. Galvin's office ...
Evansville Courier & Press
November 10, 2017
Letter: Hold elected officials accountable for response to gun violence ... Larry Bucshon and our two Indiana senators sounding awful hollow when they've done nothing to even try and mitigate or eliminate future mass shootings? ... That would be the best message we could send to our elected officials.
Axios
November 7, 2017
Danica Roem becomes Virginia's first transgender elected official ... Roem will be one of the very few transgender elected officials in the nation. The first openly transgender person to hold office was Althea Garrison, elected as a Republican to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1992.
Palm Beach Post (blog)
November 6, 2017
Investigators at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Tex.as, on Sunday. Investigators work at the scene of a mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday Nov. 5, 2017. A man opened fire inside of the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing ...
iBerkshires.com
November 3, 2017
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The Selectmen adopted a new policy that would eliminate health insurance coverage for employees or elected officials who serve on a part-time basis. After months of deliberation, the board unanimously voted Tuesday to eliminate insurance for those who work less than 20 hours a ...
OPB News
October 31, 2017
Morning Consult found that the two most popular governors in the country are both Republicans: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker with 69 percent approval and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, with 66 percent approval. The most popular senator in his own state is Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders and ...
Boston Herald
October 25, 2017
Massachusetts' leadership in medical technology is something we all can and should be proud of — and something that our elected officials in ...
Lowell Sun
October 16, 2017
"I am happy to announce that I am running for U.S. Congress to represent Massachusetts's 3rd Congressional District," Ryan wrote. Ryan is a ...
Patch.com
October 7, 2017
BROOKLINE, MA — Yesterday the president of Pine Manor, which sits on ... The second part takes a more terse tone with elected officials.
WTVB
October 3, 2017
Elected officials express sympathy over Vegas shootings ... recovering from its own mass shooting, Kalamazoo City Commissioners expressed ...
Patch.com
October 2, 2017
AURORA, IL — Illinois officials reacted Monday morning to news of a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas. The shooting has ...
Amsterdam News
October 2, 2017
Las Vegas Mass Shooting. People are hunkered down at the Jason Aldean concert as a gunman opens fire on the crowd. Shaun Hoff photo.
WAMC
September 29, 2017
... debating motions including increasing the salaries of officials to compensate for the possible loss of insurance or requiring elected officials to ...
Riverfront Times (blog)
September 27, 2017
Witnesses to Saturday's mass arrests at the St. Louis Galleria described a frightening scene for St. Louis County Council members — a series ...
Snoqualmie Valley Record
December 31, 1999
... of mass shootings this year alone. • Without any closure on the impact of Russia on our elections, Trump's ties with Russia, nor any redress for Trump's flagrant violation of the emoluments clause of our Constitution. As we move to the 2018 elections we must raise our expectations for our elected officials.
The Recorder
December 31, 1999
Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg participates in the 14th ... but also just to have a casual conversation with an elected official.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
December 31, 1999
... for investigators to block mass drug distributions into communities, ... Our elected officials must stay focused on combating this scourge.
Fall River Herald News
September 16, 2017
... as well as the elected officials and everyone else who packed into the North ... is modeled on Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow.
The Recorder
September 16, 2017
Annie Parkinson, the regional coordinator for the Massachusetts ... them to contact their elected officials to convey the same message.
MassLive.com
September 16, 2017
Interfaith Council of Western Mass. calls for passage of Dream Act ... The statement adds, "We urge elected officials to once and for all enact aÃÂ ...
Patch.com
September 16, 2017
MALDEN, MA — More than a dozen elected officials and hopefuls sounded off on several 'Quality of Life' questions as we prepare for cityÃÂ ...
Boston Herald
September 15, 2017
Massachusetts voters have strong doubts about the state's ability to ... not elected officials — should decide whether marijuana may be sold.
The Boston Globe
September 15, 2017
The August figure puts Massachusetts' rate at two-tenths of a ... a key talking point for the state's elected officials and business leaders.
New York Times
September 14, 2017
an elected official who commits an immoral act in their personal life can still ... did not prevent elected officials from fulfilling their public duties. 72 .... the partisan tribalism of both elites and the mass public, I guess I would haveÃÂ ...
Lowell Sun
September 14, 2017
... record, who's been an elected official and who is a proven leader." ... Kerrigan is the president of Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund, Inc.,ÃÂ ...
Cannabis Now
September 14, 2017
When marijuana shops open to adults in Massachusetts next ... over the Christmas holiday, elected officials — most of whom went on recordÃÂ ...
Boston Herald
September 14, 2017
Massachusetts voters have strong doubts about the state's ability to ... not elected officials — should decide whether marijuana may be sold.
Patch.com
September 14, 2017
FOXBOROUGH, MA — A candidate for state Senate just got a big ... and the federal level are candidates and elected officials who have theÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
September 14, 2017
... and only elected official to take the first step toward a run to succeed U.S. ... L'Italien served as a member of the Massachusetts House fromÃÂ ...
MassLive.com
September 12, 2017
Chicopee Police working with Massachusetts State Police assigned to Gulluni's .... Thank you for holding us accountable as elected officials.
Wicked Local Malden
September 7, 2017
Even so, many elected officials and candidates at the state level and beyond ... Katherine Clark, a Democrat who represents the MassachusettsÃÂ ...
The Courier-Journal
September 7, 2017
"There's going to be a mass exodus because everyone who is close to ... like him concern that elected officials will protect their retirement.
Leominster Champion
September 7, 2017
STERLING — The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of ... leaders with the region's elected officials, as well as those seeking public office.
Dorchester Reporter
September 7, 2017
A handful of Massachusetts elected officials on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump's decision to end the program that protects childrenÃÂ ...
O'Dwyer's PR News
September 7, 2017
Parents, teachers and elected officials told the Mass. Joint Committee on Education that the Int'l Assn. of Fire Fighters has removed cell towersÃÂ ...
Sacramento News & Review
September 7, 2017
I am calling on the public, our local media and elected officials on the STA board to make the investment in mass transportation we must have.
OCRegister
September 7, 2017
Local elected officials will be prohibited from using taxpayer funds to send out ... officials running for office from sending government mass-mailings to ... of a county elected official sending out as many publicly funded mailersÃÂ ...
Wicked Local Franklin
September 6, 2017
A handful of Massachusetts elected officials on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump's decision to end the program that protects childrenÃÂ ...
Sentinel & Enterprise
September 6, 2017
BOSTON -- A handful of Massachusetts elected officials on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump's decision to end the program thatÃÂ ...
amNY
August 28, 2017
The handful of elected officials from the state and city level have ... plan for New York City that would raise revenue for its mass transit network.
PEOPLE.com
August 28, 2017
Houston has opened its convention center as a makeshift mass shelter, ... We salute them, the first responders, and the local elected officials forÃÂ ...
Wicked Local Concord
August 28, 2017
Whipps might well be the first unenrolled elected official in the ... she became the largest Lottery winner in Massachusetts history. ... the elected officials who were considering the opportunity presented by Tsongas's retirement.
