🇺🇸 Long A Holdout, Mass. Nears A Ban On Revenge Pron

▫Massachusetts lawmakers are embracing a ban on revenge porn. Finally, survivors say
▫Matt Stout
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'God forbid someone falls victim . . . but they won’t have to go through the horror and grief that myself and other survivors went through.' Massachusetts is poised to join 48 other states in outlawing so-called revenge porn. Finally, survivors say. bostonglobe.com/2024/06/12/met…

NEW: Homeless and migrant families living in the state’s emergency shelter system could be kicked out as soon as Sept. 29 under new policies implemented by the Healey administration, officials announced Wednesday.
bostonglobe.com/2024/06/12/met… #mapoli

Massachusetts House leaders unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would free doctors, hospital officials, and others from requirements to report suspected neglect to child welfare officials solely because a baby is born exposed to drugs. bostonglobe.com/2024/06/11/met… via The Boston Globe

Following cuts at GBH, employees have pointed out the pay gap between execs and rank-and-file staff, many of whom were among the 31 workers laid off. I dug into tax filings and spoke to employees about pay at GBH and in public media more broadly bostonglobe.com/2024/06/10/bus…

A tax on high-dollar home sales had a clear path on Beacon Hill. Then the real estate industry stepped in. Good one here by Andrew Brinker... bostonglobe.com/2024/06/07/bus…

A state panel on Wednesday approved two more of Maura Healey's pardon requests, but delayed voting on a third because members said they need to do more “diligence” after Healey’s own advisory board argued against the clemency request. bostonglobe.com/2024/06/05/met… via The Boston Globe

NEW: President Biden’s executive ordereffectively shutting the southern US border to asylum seekers sparked sharp criticism from immigrant advocates and fellow Dems in Massachusetts, with one prominent exception: Governor Maura Healey.

My latest: bostonglobe.com/2024/06/04/met… #mapoli

NEW: The Roxbury recreational complex that has served as an overflow shelter for homeless and migrant families since February will re-open to the public on June 22.

bostonglobe.com/2024/06/03/met…

'It’s ridiculous to think that you’re going to solve this [crisis] with one bond issue. I think it’s a beginning of a process,” Speaker Ron Mariano said of the House's $6.2B housing bond bill, which he touted as the largest in state history. bostonglobe.com/2024/06/03/met… w/ Samantha J. Gross

NEW: The Mass. House has released a $6.2 billion housing bond package, with $2B going toward public housing and language permitting accessory dwelling units. Still going though the 123-page bill, but it does not include Maura Healey's proposal for a local option transfer tax

In picking judges, Healey is turning to women, people of color — and mostly Democrats
bostonglobe.com/2024/06/03/met… via Matt Stout

NEW: The Massachusetts House, no stranger to scandal, is now requiring mandatory harassment and discrimination training for all employees.

But the office meant to address complaints of harassment has remained leaderless for years.

My latest: bostonglobe.com/2024/06/02/met… #mapoli

Relatedly, totals just came in for Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭's Vatican trip.

Total cost came in at $21,449.18 for Wu + staff

Healey Italy trip: Hotels, transportation costs surpass $30k in public funds bostonglobe.com/2024/05/31/met…

The House & Senate committees on climate change could hardly have more urgent work to tackle. But neither has had a single bill referred to it this session.

The panels come with leadership stipends of tens of thousands of $.🤯 Emma Platoff Laura Crimaldi bostonglobe.com/2024/05/31/met…

1 of every 5 of the Mass. Legislature’s committees have not held a single hearing or considered one bill this session, Emma Platoff + Laura Crimaldi found. Taxpayers are paying their leaders — who say they serve in an advisory capacity — at least $380,000 bostonglobe.com/2024/05/31/met…

The Massachusetts House is poised to pass a bill that would add 200-plus liquor licenses in Boston in a bid to fix inequities in how alcohol is sold in the city. bostonglobe.com/2024/05/30/bus… via Shirley Leung and Diti Kohli

NYC Transit President Rich Davey has been picked to be the next CEO of Massport. He's a familiar face to many people in Boston. bostonglobe.com/2024/05/29/bus… via The Boston Globe

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