BOSTON – Senator Brian A. Joyce has filed a bill for the 189th legislative session that would require employers who receive at least $100,000 worth of state assistance to pay their employees a living wage. The language is similar to an amendment Joyce proposed to the minimum wage hike last…
Read MoreBOSTON – A bill that will allow Massachusetts parental leave laws to be applicable to both men and women has finally become law after being passed on the last day of the legislative session. The issue is one that cosponsor Senator Brian A. Joyce has championed for years, believing the…
Read MoreAn important but little known committee has been meeting lately discussing a serious issue facing the residents of the Commonwealth: the extraordinary amount of debt we are carrying. At the end of last year, Massachusetts was $21.182 billion in debt. According to the 2010 Census data, this works out to…
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