Vice Chair of the House Democratic Task Force on Aging and Families Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and House Elder Justice Caucus Co-Chairs Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Peter King (R-NY), along with Reps. John Katko (R-NY), and Elise Stefanik (R-NY), announced bipartisan legislation to help seniors who have…
Author: Journal Staff
DOR’s June Revenue Collections Interim Report
Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder today announced in an interim report that June revenue collections total $2.493 billion as of July 24, 2020, which is $761 million or 23.4 percent less than benchmark, and $691 million or 21.7 percent less than…
East Boston Savings Bank Opens Three New Branches in the Area
East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) has opened new branches in Salem and Woburn and is targeting a late summer opening of EBSB’s third branch in Brookline. “We are very excited to be expanding our footprint within these communities. All these locations coincide…
U.S. House Approves Great American Outdoors Act
On Wednesday, July 22, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 310-107 to approve the Great American Outdoors Act, which would fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and make critical investments in our national park system and other…
NSCC Wins Deval Patrick Prize for CC Machining Training Program
North Shore Community College has been awarded the Boston Foundation’s 6th Annual Deval Patrick Prize for Community Colleges. NSCC received the $50,000 prize in recognition of the Machining Training Program, a collaborative partnership between NSCC, technical training institutions and local…
Massachusetts Teachers Association Endorses Ed Markey for U.S. Senate
The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) last weekend endorsed Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate. The major labor support comes at a key moment in the primary race and builds on Sen. Markey’s overwhelming existing support among unions,…
Earn Credit for Life Experience Through NERPLAC
Has the coronavirus pandemic caused you to consider returning to college to change careers or add new skills? If you are looking to save time and money in doing so, consider if you may be eligible for earning credit for…
More than $1 Trillion Is Needed
We’re all familiar with the phrase, “A day late and a dollar short.” What brought that to mind this week was the announcement by the Republicans in Washington of their $1 trillion economic pandemic plan that would supplement the $3…
Schools Must Be Safe to Reopen
We will be the first to concede that we do not know what exactly must be done in order to reopen our state’s public schools safely in the face of the pandemic. However, what we do know is that a…