A key piece of the state budget signed this summer flew under the radar: a new program to boost legal services for low-income immigrant families.
State budget includes $5 million for immigration legal services
Carlisle’s flag takes its rightful place
The Hall of Flags in the State House features the official flags of every city and town in Massachusetts. Well, almost. Turns out, Carlisle’s flag was never put up. Until now. Carlisle residents Barbara and Alan Lewis, Marybeth Stevenson, and Beverly Heath helped create a replica flag to present to the Commonwealth so it could take its rightful place in the Hall of Flags.
I joined Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Rep. Simon Cataldo, Select Board Chair Scott Triola, Select Board members Barney Arnold and Travis Snell, Town Administrator Ryan McLane, and dozens of Carlisle residents at the flag raising ceremony. The event included remarks from state and local officials, a telling of the flag’s history by Scott Evans, and a terrific musical performance.
Reject tyranny!
In Concord Center, I joined Chelmsford’s Rob Kanzer and other patriots to protest the President’s subversion of the checks and balances that kept America great. Loved the home-made signs. They drew raucous approval from the people driving by. Huzzah!
“How flying on a private jet became the No. 1 marker of real wealth”
The Wall Street Journal
“Demand is up for private aviation, the luxury that separates the 1% from the 0.1%.”
Is this disgusting or what? Massport, an arm of our own Massachusetts state government, mustn’t hand over its property at Hanscom to the plutocrats. Thank you WSJ for the good reporting.
Texas legislators visiting Boston give new meaning to Massachusetts’s reputation as a Sanctuary State.
MA Senate and House fight back against attacks on reproductive and transgender health care.
Rat poison is dangerous. Let’s do something about it.
Rat poison can do serious harm to local wildlife like owls and hawks. MassAudubon and MSPCA brought advocates — and even some gorgeous owls — to the State House. People turned out from every town in my district to push for a bill that limits the use of damaging rodenticides. I’m with them.
“Green Concrete” is a thing. We’re on it.
Good Trouble
Waltham residents turned out and stirred up some “Good Trouble” as they protested the callous actions of ICE and Trump. ICE’s tactics were meant to scare us. This worked, for a while. But now we’re organizing.
