Search Results

Keyword search: call

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: This week’s report is on the latest fundraising and expenditure numbers for the state’s 40 senators’ campaign committees from the latest filing period of April 1-30, 2023. It also includes how much money each senator has on...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: BHRC records local representatives votes on six roll calls from the week of April 24-28. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week. All roll calls in the House were on matters relating to House passage of a $56.2 billion...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the percentage of times local senators voted with their party’s leadership so far in the nearly four months of the 2023...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call examines the salaries and other benefits received by local state representatives. $73,655 BASE SALARY FOR ALL 158 REPRESENTATIVES —...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on the only roll call from the week of March 27-31. There were no roll calls in the House last week. $350 MILLION FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES (S 2375) — Senate 40-0, approved a bill...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of March 20-24. $388.6 MILLION FISCAL 2023 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET (H 3548) House 153-0, Senate 39-0, approved and sent to Gov....

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House and Senate for the week of March 13-17. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call examines the salaries and other benefits received by local state senators. $73,655 BASE SALARY FOR ALL 40 SENATORS...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of March 6-10. There were no roll calls in the House last week.$368 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET (S 23): Senate 40-0, approved a $368 million...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on a roll call from the week of Feb. 27-March 3. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week.$353 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET (H 57): House 153-0, approved and...

By STEVE PFARRER

AMHERST — Tibetan activist and writer Tenzin Tsundue, who’s been arrested and jailed multiple times for his activism, is coming to the Valley for a series of talks and to introduce his newest collection of poetry.Tsundue was born in 1975 in India to...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from early February sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.MORE TIME TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS (H 2023): House 23-130,...

A bevy of local swimmers and divers made a splash at the MIAA Division 2 Boys Swimming & Diving Championships on Sunday morning at MIT in Cambridge, highlighted by two top-three finishes by Belchertown’s Luke Giguere. Giguere swam away with a...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Feb. 6-10, 2023. There were no roll calls in the House last week. ADOPT SENATE RULES (S 17): Senate 37-1, approved the set of rules by which the...

By STEVE PFARRER

A couple years ago, Forbes Library received a $10,000 donation from a donor who wanted to remain anonymous but also wanted the money used for a very specific purpose: to broaden the Northampton library’s permanent art collection.More specifically,...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.The debate over the rules on how the House and Senate will operate during the upcoming 2023-2024 session will soon begin, as it does every year at the beginning of a...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week.“THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW” — Friday, Jan. 20, at 5 p.m., is the “soft deadline” for legislation to be filed for consideration by the Legislature during the 2023-2024...

By Bob Katzen

With today’s edition, the Gazette begins coverage of the 2023-2024 Massachusetts legislative session with our weekly Beacon Hill Roll Call report. This feature is a compilation of the voting records of local state representatives and senators.THE...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — New restrictions for drivers using cellphones inside a vehicle are a step closer to reality in Massachusetts.The Massachusetts legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation has passed, by an 18-0 vote, a bill that, if approved by the...