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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ways and Means killed a similar bill last year by a single vote. But aides to Graham and Senate cosponsor John W. Olver (D-Amherst) gave the current version a much better chance. They blamed their previous failure on hasty lobbying and incomplete attendance during the crucial vote, rather than concerted opposition...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Bill Linking Day Care to Development Given Chance of Passage in Legislature | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...bill, co-sponsored by State Sen. John W. Olver (D-Amherst) and state Rep. Saundra Graham (D-Cambridge), boasts to be the first state-wide effort in the nation to use linkage to increase the number of child care centers...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: State Legislators Propose Child Care Linkage Bill | 10/27/1987 | See Source »

...senator] has been very interested in women's issues and child care is the major problem facing working women today," said Olver aide Kate J. Mehr. "There is an increasing number of women entering the work force every year, but there is still a serious conflict about how women will care for their children," Mehr said...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: State Legislators Propose Child Care Linkage Bill | 10/27/1987 | See Source »

...would think the mood in the legislature is that hazardous waste and asbestos are problems which need to be dealt with acutely," said Jeremy Eden, legislative assistant to State Sen. John W. Olver (D-Buckland), chairman of the taxation committee...

Author: By Per H. Jebsen, | Title: City to Remove Asbestos From Schools | 4/12/1983 | See Source »

With a new budget and with more cuts expected from the Reagan administration, the legislature recognizes the opportunity to push for the funding now, Stan Rosenberg. Olver's administrative aide, added...

Author: By Martin F. Conen, | Title: Cigarette Tax May Bolster State's Scholarships | 3/15/1983 | See Source »

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