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Santa Fe’s easy familiarity with energy industry representatives illustrates how one of the most powerful lobbies is treated within state government.

UpdatedThu, Feb 11, 2021 at 5:55 pm ET Replies(5) The Massachusetts Attorney Generals office found no civil rights violations or violations of criminal statutes in a complaint against Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) BOSTON, MA — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healeys office found no civil rights violations or violations of criminal statutes in an incident involving Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins. Dorchester resident Katie Lawson filed...

UPDATE at 4:23 p.m. on Jan. 15: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Task force facilitator Lilly Irvin-Vitela. LAS CRUCES - The last two times the state of New Mexico went through the redistricting process, a stalemate between Republican governors (Gary Johnson and Susana Martinez) and the Democratic-controlled Legislature resulted in failure. Unable to reach an agreement, the process ended up in the courts both times, with taxpayers picking up the tab for costly legal fees...

A fourth term of the contract, the School Committee has the right to send Malone to undergo an independent medical examination to determine if he is capable of performing the functions of his job “should a question of fitness arise in the future."  Earlier this month in a majority vote, School Committee members voted on the amendments to Malone’s contract in closed session.  In November, in another closed-door meeting, committee members vote retain Malone to run the Fall River Scho...

COVID is the theme of the 2021 Connecticut legislature FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedInRedditPinterest Photo: Jessica Hill / Associated Press The coronavirus pandemic, which abruptly canceled the 2020 session of the General Assembly, will continue to cast a shadow over the legislature’s new Zoom era. And this year, dozens of bills have been filed to shape Connecticut’s reaction to the crisis. The new measures range from economic aid to public health initiatives to the future of mail-in voting a...

When House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz’s final term ended Jan. 6, he quickly landed a big-time lobbying job — and joined a parade across the decades of former speakers and other ex-leaders, who’ve capitalized on their contacts and knowledge of government operations to make lots of money influencing legislative and executive-branch decisions.

“In August 2020, I broke the tenets of our core values by behaving in a manner that disrupted the team work of our central office and hurt the feelings of our professional community. At that time, complaints were filed and the School Committee did the right thing by investigating," said Malone in a phone interview Tuesday. "So now we’re in January and the investigation is done and discipline has been meted out and I want to say I am embarrassed by my actions in August and I’m sorry ...

THE HOUSE AND SENATE Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Dec. 28, 2020, to Jan. 1, 2021. OVERRIDE BAKER’S VETO OF BILL TO INCREASE ABORTION ACCESS (H 5179) House 107-50, Senate 32-8, overrode Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of a bill that would allow abortions after 24 weeks in the case of lethal fetal anomalies and lower the age from 18 to 16 at which a minor can choose to have an abortion without parental or judicial consen...

  A CERTIFICATION IS A PROMISE, A PUBLIC TRUST IN THE HOLDER OF THE DOCUMENT. THE CERTIFICATION TESTIFIES TO THE FACT THAT THIS OPERATOR HAS THE QUALIFICATIONS, SKILL, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES, EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION TO OFFICIALLY AND WITH AUTHORIZATION PRACTICE HIS/HER CHOSEN PROFESSION. -Committee of Certification Operator Certification Program Welcome to the Operator Certification website. Here you will find current information related to this program. Operators of both...

And i put my armsarou around yo >> the governor denies for having a physical affair with the woman. he apologized vowing to remain in office. >> i do not plan to resign. i have done nothing illegal. >> two separate investigations by a legislative committee and state ethics officials found probable cause that bently violated ethics and campaign law by using state law enforcement officers and other resources to try to keep the recordings from going public. >> but seeing this embarrassment to our s...