A bipartisan group of lawmakers want the MBTA to shelve planned fare hikes until the Tobin Bridge project is completed, arguing that the higher fares will add to traffic woes by deterring commuters from using public transit. In a letter to the T’s fiscal control board, the lawmakers said the 6 percent fare increases, which…
State Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, elected last November for a sixth term of representing Gloucester, Rockport and Essex, was named the new House chairman of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. The nomination from House Speaker Robert DeLeo and her election by the full House place her in a key role as the…
Amy Donnelly, the school’s science coordinator and eighth-grade teacher, and David Brown, O’Maley’s engineering specialist, spearheaded the lab’s creation. Funding was secured in 2017 with a $56,998 grant from the Massachusetts Life Science Center. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
For Gloucester school officials, it’s a chance to provide new opportunities for high school students. For those with the Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School, it’s a chance to widen access to their programs. And for workers in area construction and labor trades, it’s a step toward building for the future. Read more on…
Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante pushed for the amendment. She’s emboldened by what she calls a local theater renaissance, as evidenced by the national debuts of “Jagged Little Pill” at A.R.T. in Cambridge and “Moulin Rouge!” at the newly renovated Colonial Theatre in Boston. Read more on the Boston Globe website→
There is irony when looking at the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in support of one state’s push to purge voter rolls, contrasted with the effort by a coalition in Massachusetts urging the Legislature to act on a bill to automatically register people to vote when they interact with certain state agencies. We believe voter registration and participation…
The state House of Representatives, which is debating a nearly $41 billion budget for fiscal 2019, is proposing at least five new recovery centers at a cost of $3.5 million. The move is backed by House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, and dozens of other lawmakers. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
“Between the fishing industry, ancillary businesses, and the tourism industry, the economic loss to Massachusetts would be profound should the proposed drilling occur,” Rep. Ann Margaret Ferrante, D-Gloucester, and nearly 60 other state lawmakers wrote in a letter to Baker in January. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
Lawmakers are seeking to fill gaps in consumer protection laws following the repeal of federal internet privacy rules approved in the final days of the Obama administration. “People shouldn’t have to worry about their internet history being packaged up and sold off to the highest bidder without their consent,” Ferrante said. Read more on the…
Romeo Theken and Ferrante — accompanied by her mother Frances, who is blind and battles other health issues — both cited a trickle-down effect that could come from a reduction or loss in coverage for addiction. Both noted that, if denied coverage for treatment, those caught in the grips of addiction would not enter treatment…
