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Chelsea High School. Boston University appeared in court to argue a motion to dismiss an alleged sexual assault claim from a woman who said she was “groomed and sexually abused” by a Chelsea High School teacher in the late 1980s, while BU was managing the school district. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Judge hears motion to dismiss negligence, sexual assault case against Chelsea High School, BU

Daily Free Press Staff October 19, 2023
Boston University will argue an alleged sexual assault claim in court on Thursday from a California woman who said she was “groomed and sexually abused” by a Chelsea High School teacher in the late 1980s, while BU was managing the school district. 
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Massachusetts to hit net zero emissions by 2050 through new law

Taylor Brokesh March 31, 2021
Baker signed “An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy” Friday.
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Massachusetts vaccine distribution contributes to long-term health care inequities

Sam Trottenberg March 11, 2021
The state’s Black and Latinx populations each suffered 10 percent more COVID-19 cases in the first half of 2020 and saw a death rate three times that of white residents.
The Boston Public Library, a registered Boston landmark. A proposed update to the Massachusetts Constitution would extend landmark preservation privileges to buildings significant to Black and immigrant communities. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Councilors call for expansion to City’s ‘landmark’ definition

Madison Mercado February 9, 2021
The change — proposed late January — would make it easier for sites significant to Boston’s Black and immigrant communities to be made city landmarks.
The ballots of Massachusetts voters who die after voting early will count in this year’s election, the state legislature decided. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITTLE VIA FLICKR

Ballots from Mass. voters who die before Nov. 3 will be counted in 2020 election

Rin Velasco October 7, 2020
Massachusetts residents who die after voting early in this year’s election will still have their ballots counted. The temporary law will make tallying more efficent, so results should be ready by the night of the election.
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Advisory Board will jointly evaluate the train system’s progress on eliminating a backlog of repairs. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Organizations join forces to oversee MBTA compliance with goals

Guthrie Kuckes November 18, 2018
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce announced in a press release Thursday that it would be collaborating with the Conservation Law Foundation and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Advisory Board to monitor the MBTA's progress with its 2017 strategic plan.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker introduced new legislation last week that would allow courts to more easily detain criminal defendants pending trial. PHOTO BY ELAINE ANDERSON/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Baker files legislation to help officers detain dangerous individuals before trial

Riley Villiers September 10, 2018
Gov. Charlie Baker filed legislation Thursday that would make it easier for law enforcement officers to detain individuals who are deemed dangerous to society while those individuals are pending trial.
Medical marijuana regulation won’t get updated this year, according to the Senate chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State refuses to clarify medical marijuana laws despite concerns

Mugdha Gurram April 25, 2018
The Massachusetts State Legislature will not be clarifying medical marijuana laws this congressional session despite an April 17 Supreme Judicial Court ruling that raised concerns with the Commonwealth’s current legislation.
The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development from the Legislature moved a $15 an hour minimum wage bill for fast good and large retail store employees to the Senate on Tuesday. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DFP FILE PHOTO

$15 minimum wage for food, retail workers moves forward

Brianne Garrett November 13, 2015

Efforts to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for fast food workers and big box retail employers has taken a step forward after action by a committee in the Massachusetts State Legislature Tuesday. WageAction...

On Oct.14, a legislative committee hearing was held to discuss a bill to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DFP FILE PHOTO

Bill seeks to reinstate death penalty in Massachusetts

Maddie Domenichella October 22, 2015

Although capital punishment has been outlawed in Massachusetts, lawmakers are considering a bill that would bring the death penalty back to the Commonwealth. The legislation, sponsored by Massachusetts...

A bill seeking to make private college police records public is in a committee in the Massachusetts State Legislature. Boston University students currently have to go to the Boston University Police Department and have the records read to them because they do not exist online. PHOTO BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Bill seeks to make private college police department records public

Carolyn Hoffman October 15, 2015

A bill in the Massachusetts State Legislature seeks to make private college police departments operate similarly to city departments by making records publicly available, which could have implications...

The Massachusetts State Legislature held a hearing Tuesday to discuss a bill that would make gender identity a protected class. PHOTO BY ESTHER RO/DFP FILE PHOTO

Strong testimony for Mass. transgender hearing bills

Maddie Domenichella October 8, 2015

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III testified before a Massachusetts State Legislature committee at a Tuesday hearing  in support of two bills that would make gender...

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