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Not All EBT Constraints Make Sense

Monday, July 2, 2012

ELECTRONIC-BENEFIT cards, which offer convenient access to food assistance and other forms of public aid, are meant to provide low-income families with the necessities of life, and Massachusetts should prevent the cards’ use in establishments tha...

Dorchester Reporter

Chang-Diaz pushing budget amendments on underperforming schools, alternative ed

Monday, May 21, 2012

The state Senate is scheduled to debate its version of the fiscal 2013 budget this week, and if it follows the House strategy, it'll happen in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it fashion. The debate is set to start on Wednesday, May 23rd. State Sen. Sonia Chang...

The Boston Globe

Put teeth in seat-belt law, but ban racial profiling, too

Friday, April 6, 2012

SEAT BELT laws save lives, but Massachusetts is falling behind. The Commonwealth is one of a shrinking number of states that don’t give police officers permission to pull over drivers for failing to buckle up, a policy linked to dramatically high...

Boston Phoenix

Standing Their Ground

Monday, April 2, 2012

It seems like every decent person in America is scorching over the Trayvon Martin killing. As the complex case continues to unfold, it only makes less sense how neighborhood-watch captain George Zimmerman could allegedly gun down the unarmed 17-year-ol...

Dorchester Reporter

Florida Shooting Puts Bay State "Stand Your Ground" bill in spotlight

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Members of Dorchester’s State House delegation are weighing in against a “Stand Your Ground” bill that would allow individuals to use deadly force if they felt threatened in public. “Stand your ground&...

State House News Service

PATRICK: PASS RACIAL PROFILING LAW AS TRIBUTE TO TRAYVON MARTIN

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 28, 2012…..Saying it would be a “great tribute” to Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida teen whose death has sparked a national debate about race and self-defense laws, Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday called...

JP Gazette

Student dropout prevention bill moves ahead

Friday, March 16, 2012

A bill that proposes new ways to prevent students from dropping out of school, sponsored by Jamaica Plain’s state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, is gaining momentum in the State House. The bill (S. 185) would: raise the mandatory school attendance ...

Bay State Banner

Bill raises mandatory school attendance age to 18

Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Education voted favorably last week on a bill to reduce the school dropout rate in Massachusetts with a variety of prevention and recovery measures. Senate Bill 185, “An Act Relative ...

Associated Press

Mass. Panel Backs School Dropout Age of 18

Thursday, March 8, 2012

BOSTON — Massachusetts high school students would be required to stay in school until age 18 under a bill approved Thursd...

The Boston Globe

Mass. Voting Maps Reflect State House Evolution

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 26, 2012

Chang-Díaz Votes for Resolution to Overturn Citizens United Ruling

BOSTON – The Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan resolution calling for the United States Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commi...

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Massachusetts Black and Latino Caucus to Vote Against Sentencing Reform Bill

Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus to Vote Against Sentencing Reform Bill BOSTON--Citing the bill's lack of evidence-based solutions, removal of judicial discretion, and the absence ...

For Immediate Release: Monday, June 11, 2012

Chang-Diaz Votes for Bill to Prevent Mortgage Foreclosures

BOSTON –The Senate last week, in its latest effort to establish greater protections for homeowners and neighborhoods besot by foreclosures, passed legislation preventing unnecessary and unlawful foreclosures, reducing the number of abandoned prop...

For Immediate Release: Friday, May 25, 2012

Senate Approves Final FY2013 Budget

BOSTON—Following three days of deliberation on nearly 700 amendments, the Massachusetts State Senate on Friday afternoon approved its final FY2013 budget. Legislators faced an austere landscape again this year, beginning with a $1.4 billion shortfall fr...

For Immediate Release: Saturday, May 12, 2012

$6 Million for Summer Jobs for Youth At-Risk Included in Supplemental Budget

BOSTON—Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz announced today that critical funds for summer jobs for youth at-risk were included in the supplemental budget passed this afternoon by the State Senate. The line item (7002-0012) was also included in the House bu...

For Immediate Release: Friday, March 9, 2012

Bill to Create Equitable Jobs Access Reported Out of Committee

BOSTON—This week, the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight reported out favorably S. 1568, An Act to create equitable jobs access, a bill that helps ensure public projects funded by taxpayer dollars are creati...

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