Tag: Government Affairs

Metropolitan Area Planning Council Announces Policy Priorities Ahead of 193rd Legislative Session

Posted on January 3, 2023 at 3:54 pm. Written by Tim Viall

Metropolitan Area Planning Council Announces Policy Priorities Ahead of 193rd Legislative Session MAPC’s legislative priorities are rooted in the goals set in MetroCommon 2050 to create a more equitable, sustainable, resilient, and prosperous region and Commonwealth. In December 2022, the MAPC Executive Committee approved a new package of policy priorities for the 2023-2024 legislative session. […]

Action Alert: FY23 House Budget Priorities

Posted on April 15, 2022 at 5:43 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Action Alert: FY23 House Budget Priorities On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House of Representative’s Ways and Means Committee released their FY23 budget bill. MAPC is incredibly grateful for the Committee for the work put into assembling this budget, and we look forward to working with our representatives to make it even better! The proposal provides funding for […]

Action Alert: Senate Budget Amendments

Posted on May 18, 2021 at 12:06 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Call to Action: FY22 House Ways and Means Budget Last month, the Massachusetts House completed debate on the FY22 budget, H.4001. It includes a number of wins for cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth. The bill isnow up for deliberation in the Senate. We are urging the Senate to support several amendments to the Senate […]

Action Alert: FY22 House Ways and Means Budget

Posted on April 16, 2021 at 4:14 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Call to Action: FY22 House Ways and Means Budget On Wednesday, the MA House Ways and Means Committee released their FY22 budget bill, H.4000. It includes a number of wins for cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth. We’re incredibly grateful to the House Ways and Means Committee for their hard work on the budget (you […]

End-of-Session Legislation: How MAPC’s Priorities Fared

Posted on January 7, 2021 at 12:54 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

End-of-Session Legislation: How MAPC’s Priorities Fared On Tuesday night, the 191st General Court concluded its legislative session. While the legislature took a long break from advancing significant legislation, the past several days saw a flurry of activity, moving climate legislation, a transportation bond bill, and an economic development bond bill in the final days of […]

Voice Your Support for Lowering Emissions & Greening Transportation

Posted on December 22, 2020 at 1:11 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Photo Credit John Wilcox Call to Action: Transportation & Climate Initiative In New England, transportation is responsible for over 40% of greenhouse gas emissions. That could soon improve, thanks to a historic partnership between Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C. to reduce carbon emissions and build a greener, more equitable transportation system. Please act […]

Police Reform Bill is First Step of Many to Address Police Violence

Posted on December 3, 2020 at 5:18 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Statement from Executive Director Marc Draisen Earlier this week, the Massachusetts House and Senate passed a significant bill to address issues of police violence against persons of color. The bill includes meaningful reforms in a wide variety of areas, including certification and decertification of police officers, limitations on the use of certain police tactics, and […]

Police reform bill is first step of many to address police violence

Posted on December 3, 2020 at 4:31 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Police Reform Bill is First Step of Many to Address Police Violence Statement from Executive Director Marc Draisen Thursday, December 3, 2020 Earlier this week, the Massachusetts House and Senate passed a significant bill to address issues of police violence against persons of color. The bill includes meaningful reforms in a wide variety of areas, […]

Local Public Health Officials, Municipal Leaders Call for Emergency Funding

Posted on December 2, 2020 at 3:21 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

138 Local Public Health Officials & Municipal Leaders Call for Emergency Funding for Local Health Departments Over 100 public health officials and municipal leaders from throughout Massachusetts are calling for a second $15 million package of emergency funding for local health departments before the end of 2020. On November 23, 138 officials from 87 communities […]

37 Mayors and Managers: Extend Deadline to Spend CARES Funding

Posted on December 1, 2020 at 4:59 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

37 Mayors and Managers to Federal Officials: Extend Deadline to Spend CARES Funding Thirty-seven Massachusetts municipal leaders are asking the Massachusetts federal delegation to extend the deadline to spend CARES Act funding beyond the end of the calendar year. “The December 31st deadline creates an arbitrary end date by which we must spend this critical […]