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Farmer said he was skeptical about Massachusetts??€™ recent legislation requiring all state residents to have health insurance...
...taken from census data, the state has no reliable way to track how many jurors are students, says Massachusetts Jury Commissioner Pamela J. Wood. She adds that there is also no central repository with information about the ages of jurors.So without the data unavailable, are students disproportionately burdened by Massachusetts??€™ trial panel policies?The jury’s still...
...lower court’s ruling that the searches were constitutional—a decision Romney cited in his announcement of the MBTA policy. John Reinstein, legal director at the ACLU of Massachusetts, said that it is unclear whether the ACLU will challenge Romney’s program. Although Massachusetts??€™ policy may be less intrusive than New York’s, the ACLU is still concerned about possible violations of civil liberties, Reinstein said. “When you set up a screening system that is intended to be used for public mass transit, as opposed to airlines...
...state of Massachusetts??€™ future also hinges on the results of the November election. Almost all major state offices are up for reelection, most notably the governorship, which is a race between Democrat Deval M. Patrick ’78 and Republican Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey ’82. These state contests will have just as large of an impact on Harvard students’ daily lives as the more glamorous national races. Among the many important decisions in the hands of state officials are how to deal with the Big Dig fiasco, whether to build roads...
...Furthermore, we support Patrick’s comprehensive and forward-thinking plan to invigorate Massachusetts??€™ economy through state-funded initiatives—initiatives that would be jeopardized were the income tax to be reduced. By investing in our mass transit systems and expanding them to economically underserved areas, Patrick believes that the Commonwealth can rejuvenate Massachusetts??€™ recessed urban areas such as New Bedford and Worcester. After 16 years of neglect for the Commonwealth’s mass transit network, Patrick’s emphasis on this issue is refreshing and welcome...