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No one really cares who gets the credit if legislation keeps ghost guns off the streets and saves lives.

State Sen. Walter F. Timilty, D-Milton, filed a bill on Monday that would call for the state’s pension fund to immediately divest from Russian assets.

Sen. Timilty announces amendments filed to budget for Sharon Community Content BOSTON — Sen. Walter F. Timilty, D-Milton, recently filed amendments this week to the fiscal year 2022 Senate Ways and Means Budget Recommendations.  The amendments will support substance use prevention efforts, public safety improvements, and food pantry aid in the town of Sharon. Timilty is advocating for a $350,000 allocation to be distributed equally among 14 local food pantries in the Norfolk, Bristol and Pl...

‘We got nearly half the Legislature’: More than 80 lawmakers sign on to letter rapping Gov. Charlie Baker’s plan for a scaled-back Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Updated Feb 02, 2021; Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration continues to weather criticism over the state’s plan for a “reimagined” Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke — this time from a bipartisan group of state legislators. Led by state Sen. John Velis, D-Westfield, 81 state senators and representatives signed a letter urging Baker ...

Legislators call for more vaccination sites in Southeast Massachusetts Wicked Local BOSTON – Chair of the Southeastern Massachusetts Legislative Caucus Sen. Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton, has announced that 26 legislators have called for more vaccination sites in Southeastern Massachusetts. The following legislators have signed onto a letter calling for the sites: Senators Michael D. Brady, Mark C. Montigny, Susan L. Moran, Rebecca L. Rausch, and Walter F. Timilty, and Representatives Antonio F....

Mass. Senate votes to expand abortion access, rejects governor’s amendments By Stephanie Ebbert Globe Staff,Updated December 18, 2020, 6:09 p.m. Email to a Friend State Senator Harriette Chandler: "Today, we will make the world just a bit fairer for every person who faces this difficult choice."David L. Ryan/File 2018 The Massachusetts Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to reject Governor Charlie Baker’s changes to their measure expanding abortion access. With only eight of 40 members...