Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D-Gloucester) joined her colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives to unanimously pass its spending proposal utilizing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) surplus funds. Funded at $3.82 billion, the bill addresses disparities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to facilitate recovery through one-time investments in housing, environment…
During the ongoing Massachusetts 191st General Court’s 2019-2020 session – which has been extended through action taken by the Legislature – the House of Representatives has passed emergency legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as major legislation relating to education, transportation, and climate change. Following a decisive vote in July to extend the…
This week, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed An Act relative to accountability for vulnerable children and families, which strengthens the laws ensuring the safety and well-being of the Commonwealth’s youngest and most at-risk residents. Recent reports from Department of Children and Families (DCF) show that reports of child abuse to the DCF have declined…
The audit of the project had been requested by two Gloucester lawmakers —state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr and state Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante — in March 2014 after DOT safety inspections on the A. Piatt Andrew Bridge and Gloucester’s Blynman Bridge, aka the Cut Bridge, on Western Avenue, led to reductions in weight limits on…
Gloucester’s state lawmakers have launched a campaign for a special federal prosecutor to investigate possible criminal behavior by national fisheries enforcement agents, who seized assets from and fined fishermen and then spent the money. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
The state’s legislative leadership and coastal caucus have petitioned Massachusetts’ congressional delegation to back a plan setting aside some $96 million from the fiscal 2011 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration budget to compensate subjects of miscarriages of justice against the fishing industry. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
State Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, who triggered waves of demands for the IG to step in after NOAA police undertook a third major case against the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction in early 2009, said “any evidence of misuse of funds and violation of regulations should be prosecuted.” Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
