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Swampscott may get money for racial equity action plan House accepts, adopts state Rep. Lori Ehrlichs funding amendment Wicked Local Swampscott stands to receive up-to $100,000 from the state government to produce and implement a racial equity municipal action plan. State Rep. Lori Ehrlich, D-Marblehead,  successfully submitted the appropriation amendment into the House’s Fiscal Year 2022 state budget that representatives adopted and put forward last week. Whether the town captures the mone...

Swampscott lands $80K grant for town piers rehabilitation Wicked Local Swampscott landed an $80,000 grant from the Massachusetts Seaport Economic Council to fund initial design and engineering for the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the Swampscott Pier at Fishermans Beach.  The Swampscott Harbor and Waterfront Plan (also financed with a 2016 grant from the council) identifies the rehabilitation of the town pier as an urgent and vital coastal-resilience and economic-development project. The...

BOSTON — The growth of “news deserts” in Massachusetts and the possible solutions to improving local journalism in underserved communities will be the focus of a new commission approved in

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State commission will explore ways to support local journalism Newspapers GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 2/11/2021 2:21:04 PM The growth of “news deserts” in Massachusetts and the possible solutions to improving local journalism in underserved communities will be the focus of a new commission approved in the final hours of the last legislative session. The initiative by Rep. Lori Ehrlich, D-Marblehead, and Sen. Brendan Crighton, D-Lynn, was part of the massive economic development bill appro...

Wicked Local Bring Democracy Back to Massachusetts Did you know that the Massachusetts House of Representatives is a uniquely undemocratic body, on par with 3 other states in this country for having the worst marks for transparency?   Did you know that too often brilliant legislation, addressing climate, voting rights, education, housing, and much more, never makes it out of committee, and we don’t know why because committee votes are not public?   Did you know that a roll call vote, (wh...

A note from Bob Katzen, publisher of Beacon Hill Roll Call: My guest on Jan. 24 on my WMEX 1510 AM Radio and online show will be Jordan Rich, beloved WBZ Boston radio personality, national voice-over artist, mobile disc jockey, emcee, philanthropist, all-around good guy and a mensch, to boot. He is also well-known for his support and work on behalf of many charities. Jordan will talk about his new book “ON AIR: My 50-Year Love Affair with Radio.” Jordan currently hosts a podcast at www.jord...

Beacon Hill Roll Call: Jan. 4 to Jan. 8, 2021 Published: 1/15/2021 3:31:42 PM Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 8. The 2019 to 2020 legislative session has ended and the 2021 to 2022 session is now underway. Climate change (S 2296) The House, 145 to 9, and the Senate, 38 to 2, approved and sent to Gov. Charlie Baker a 57-page climate change bill. A key section makes the state’s greenhouse gas emissions r...

Beacon Hill Roll Call: Jan. 4 to Jan. 8, 2021 Modified: 1/15/2021 3:32:12 PM Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 8. The 2019 to 2020 legislative session has ended and the 2021 to 2022 session is now underway. Climate change (S 2296) The House, 145 to 9, and the Senate, 38 to 2, approved and sent to Gov. Charlie Baker a 57-page climate change bill. A key section makes the state’s greenhouse gas emissions re...

Lawmakers pass Rep. Lori Ehrlich’s sexual-misconduct bill Legislation would bring transparency to the presence of violence on college campuses Katie Lannan State House News Service College students would be anonymously surveyed about their experiences with sexual misconduct on campus and would have access to new, confidential resources in the event of sexual assault, under a bill that as of press time sat on Gov. Charlie Bakers desk after a last-minute flurry of activity in the Legislatur...