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...recent departure by a lesbian activist from the increasingly antagonistic race for the Massachusetts Senate seat in the Suffolk and Middlesex district has left the two leading contenders to battle it out for the support of progressive groups...
Some communities are leading the way in trying to preserve their shores and coastal waters. In March the legislature of Suffolk County on Long Island passed a law forbidding retail food establishments to use plastic grocery bags, food containers and wrappers beginning next year. Sixteen states have laws requiring that the plastic yokes used to hold six-packs of soda or beer together be photo- or biodegradable. Last December the U.S. became the 29th nation to ratify an amendment to the Marpol (for marine pollution) treaty, which prohibits ships and boats from disposing of plastics -- from fishing nets to garbage...
After the convention, Caprio said he will return to New England: he'll be a studying law this fall at Suffolk Law School. After passing the bar, he speculates he may have a future in Rhode Island politics...
Although business leaders decried the Suffolk ruling as misguided, at least 30 states are contemplating similar measures. Says Jan Pierce, vice president of the Communications Workers of America: "We now have some badly needed momentum to pursue the same remedy in the rest of New York, the U.S. and Canada...
...Suffolk County legislature, the correlation proved decisive. Said Michael D'Andre, a Republican who switched his vote to support the bill after hearing about the Kaiser-Permanente study: "That was the real clincher for me. Would you gamble with your child?" Even so, the law almost did not pass. When legislators first approved the bill last May, several businesses, including highly computerized New York Telephone and Northwest Airlines, threatened to relocate out of the county or limit expansion. As a result, County Executive Patrick Halpin, a onetime supporter of the measure, vetoed it. Last week, the legislators overrode his decision...