Category: Keeping You Informed

Senate Minority Party Loses Quarter of its Membership as Veteran Legislator Knapik Announces Departure

State Senator Michael Knapik (R-Westfield) recently resigned the Second Hampshire and Hampden Senate seat to join Westfield State University as the new executive director of advancement. Senator Knapik was serving his 10th term in the Senate, and previously served two terms in the House. He had been the ranking Republican on the Senate Ways and…

Patrick Administration Announces “Informed Massachusetts” Web Launch

The Patrick Administration launched “Informed Massachusetts” – a user-friendly website [which can be found at http://www.mass.gov/informedma] that consolidates the Open Government and Transparency web pages previously found on Mass.gov. Informed Massachusetts pulls together these sites into a unified portal, creating a user-friendly site through which citizens can quickly and easily find information From this site,…

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court To Review Natural Heritage Regulations

There is a case currently before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) that challenges the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, Natural Heritage Endangered Species Program. The case, Pepin vs. Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, (Docket No. SJC-11332) alleges the priority habitat portion of the regulation, created by the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, exceeds statutory…

Breakfast with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

On Thursday, March 29th, Jay McQuaide, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, met with members of the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce to discuss the rising cost of health care and the efforts they are putting forward to make a difference. In recent years, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts introduced…