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There’s a Key Way Your State Legislators Can Help with Prison and ICE Oversight

Fires with no functioning sprinklers to put them out. Tear gas used against individuals in confinement. Individuals being
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The MA Senate Released Its Energy Bill. What’s In It?

Yesterday, the MA Senate released its energy bill (S3143), to be voted on next Wednesday. So what is
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Announcing Our Second Round of Endorsements of the Summer

The Massachusetts state primary is just over two months away on Tuesday, September 1, and the general election
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PM Priorities for the PROTECT Act

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Honorary Members of the Conference Committee: Thank you for your dedication to advancing pro-immigrant
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The Billionaires Lost in the Supreme Judicial Court Today. Here’s What’s Next.

This morning, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision barring the proposed income tax cut ballot initiative
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Follow-up Links to Vote YES for a Safe MA Campaign Briefing

Website: yesforasafema.com Get involved: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/vote-yes-for-a-safe-massachusetts-campaign-involvement-form?clear_id=true  Endorse: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/vote-yes-for-a-safe-massachusetts-endorsement-form?clear_id=true  FAQs: https://www.yesforasafema.com/faqs  2-pager on the law: https://a1028622-c44e-44a0-b066-86fa52e412e3.filesusr.com/ugd/b6bae3_75df0455b1824bccab7b3a5a0498e712.pdf TAN screening: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/this-aint-normal-film-screening-tickets-1990585287179  
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Left Field (The Scrum, Boston Globe)

LEFT FIELD: Progressive Massachusetts is rolling out endorsements for several candidates on Friday. The group is backing state Representative Tram
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First Round of Endorsements June 2026

The Massachusetts state primary is less than three months away on Tuesday, September 1, and the general election
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MA House Votes 153-3 to Rein in Politically Motivated Book Bans

Yesterday, the MA House voted 153 to 3 for a bill to protect school and public libraries and
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Coalition Letter in Support of H.2554

June 1, 2026The Honorable Aaron MichlewitzChair, House Committee on Ways and MeansState House, Room 24324 Beacon St.Boston, MA
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MA House Unanimously Passes Data Privacy Bill

On Thursday, the MA House unanimously passed the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, establishing important new data privacy
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TODAY: Tell Your State Rep: Pass a Strong Data Privacy Bill

The Massachusetts House of Representatives will be voting TODAY, on a data privacy bill. Your precise location data – showing
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Op-Ed: “An Abundance of Questions Coming to the November Ballot”

Jonathan Cohn, “An Abundance of Questions Coming to the November Ballot,” Fenway News, June 2026. With the onset
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MA Could Have up to 11 Ballot Questions This Year, But This One Is Already on the Ballot.

You’ve probably seen signature collectors out in force for the *10* campaigns currently collecting to get questions on
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Rent Control and Same Day Registration Are in the Mass Dems Platform. Beacon Hill Should Pass Them.

It’s ballot question signature collection season. When going to the grocery store or the farmer’s market, you may
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My Top Five Favorite Songs about Data Privacy

Today, technology has far outpaced privacy law. Data brokers and Big Tech are free to do almost anything
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50+ human rights groups sign letter opposing MA “age verification” bills, hold press conference at State House with Rep Mike Connolly

BOSTON, MA—A growing coalition of human rights, LGBTQ+, civil liberties, racial justice, and environmental advocacy groups will release
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Follow-up from webinar “The Tech Billionaires Are Coming for Fair Share. Here’s How to Fight Back.”

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last night for our webinar “The Tech Billionaires Are
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PM in the News: “A ballot question to eliminate party primaries in Massachusetts is dividing state Democrats”

Chris VanBuskirk, “A ballot question to eliminate party primaries in Massachusetts is dividing state Democrats,” Boston Globe, May
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Brookline.News: “Younger candidates push out some of Brookline’s political old guard in progressive sweep”

Sam Mintz and Vivi Smilgius, “Younger candidates push out some of Brookline’s political old guard in progressive sweep,”
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