Judge denies union appeal, West Parish treatment plant goes forward without project labor agreement
The Pioneer Valley Building Trades Council lobbied for more than a year to make the project union-only.
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The Pioneer Valley Building Trades Council lobbied for more than a year to make the project union-only.
Ever since the Supreme Court ruled last May that a municipality in Minnesota had violated the Constitution's takings clause when it sold a foreclosed property and kept proceeds in excess of what the property owner owed in taxes, Massachusetts residents have waited for this state to end that problematic practice.
A ruling by a superior court judge is one more blow to a century-old practice in Massachusetts of municipalities taking the total value of a property even when only a small fraction of that amount is owed in taxes.
William Cascone was imprisoned for 35 years for a crime he didn't commit, said attorneys with the Boston College Innocence Program.
Calvin Roberson proffered three confessions to his roles in the murders of two Springfield brothers in 2016 and 2017, plus a nail salon owner during a robbery in 2006.