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…
They opened the doors to the Gloucester Biotechnology Academy on Saturday, uncovering a portal to the future for students from Gloucester, Cape Ann and beyond interested in working in the life sciences field of biotechnology. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
The expansion comes as the center has grown from essentially no staff to a corps of eight part-timers and a small army of volunteers. It also comes as the center has been bolstered by a $75,000 state earmark secured, board President Mary Jane McGlennon noted, by state Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante and state Senate Minority Leader…
When state Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante presented House citations saluting Courtland Kelly, Meghan Stratton and Marina Lavender, the three AmeriCorps workers serving Gloucester’s Backyard Growers, she noted the work of the city’s growing and farming community. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr and Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante are urging state Attorney General Maura Healey to explore any “appropriate legal means” to support the federal lawsuit seeking to block NOAA Fisheries from shifting the costs of at-sea monitors to Northeast groundfishermen. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
