Massachusetts lawmakers are debating their transparency procedures â behind closed doors
By Emma Platoff Globe Staff,Updated April 7, 2021, 9:46 a.m.
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Could this be the year Massachusetts state representatives open themselves up to more scrutiny?
Constituents seeking an early hint could look to a recent meeting of the legislative committee debating just that â when lawmakers voted to conduct discussions about their internal transparency rules out of the view of the press and public.
Itâs that instinct toward secrecy that advocates are targeting this year in a renewed push for transparency on Beacon Hill.
For years, voters have been left to wonder why some popular, common-sense proposals donât pass in the Massachusetts House â even when a majority of the chamberâs members sign on publicly in support. Thatâs because the vast majority of bills never get a formal vote; instead, they die in the obscure committee process, where vote
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Genuinely surprising : CT fire company s communications officer disputes arrest
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A photo of a Chesterfield fire truck, taken by PIO Steven Frischling on Feb. 7, 2021, at the scene of an accident. Frischling has since been arrested in connection with other photos he took and posted to social media after the accident.Steven Frischling / Contributed Photo
MONTVILLE The public information officer for the Chesterfield Fire Company has been charged in connection with crash scene photos he took without permission and posted to his agency’s Facebook page last month, according to an arrest warrant.
Steven E. Frischling, 45, of Carriage Hill Drive in Niantic, was charged with two counts of illegally taking or transmission by first responders of images of crime or accident victims, according to a warrant for his arrest.
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