Important Election Laws Committee Hearing next Wednesday, March 23 The Joint Committee on Election Laws will hold a public hearing next Wednesday, March 23, starting at 1:30 pm in Hearing Room B-1 on HB 1830 that would more than double the required number of signatures for an initiative petition to amend the constitution as well […]
Kris and Lura Mineau comment on a pre-screening of the new movie, “Soul Surfer.”
According to media report, a four-year-old girl in Spain who was treated with umbilical cord stem cells has been cured of a brain tumor. Alba Martinez was born in the province of Cádiz in 2007 and despite her good health, her parents say they decided to provider her with “life insurance” by means of preserving […]
As you know, families on the other side of world continue to deal with the devastating aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the island nation of Japan. The tragedy has likely already taken thousands of lives, many of whom remain among the “missing.” There is also the ongoing problems afflicting the nation’s nuclear […]
Last Friday, legislators in the Maryland House of Delegates sent a bill back to the Judiciary Committee that would have legalized same-sex “marriage,” essentially killing it until at least next year. It became obvious to advocates for the bill that they would lose a vote, and the leadership decided to spare legislators a roll call […]
Despite your emails and calls over the last month, our congressional delegation remains silent on the enforcement of federal obscenity laws. To date, not one of our members of Congress—ten representatives and two senators—have signed the letter calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute those violating the law. This is outright shameful! Please […]
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania), while speaking at a Catholic Citizenship event, criticized former president and Massachusetts native John F. Kennedy for marginalizing religion in public life with a speech during the presidential election of 1960. That speech, which Kennedy delivered to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, was used by Kennedy to allay […]
Former Massachusetts congressman William Delahunt has been hired by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe as they continue to push for the right to build a casino in Southeastern Massachusetts. As the Boston Globe pointed out, Delahunt will be putting nearly 40 years of experience in Massachusetts politics behind the Tribe’s efforts just two months removed from […]
Boston Globe: Mashpee tribe hires Delahunt as lobbyist Former US representative William D. Delahunt, capitalizing on his nearly 40 years in Massachusetts politics, announced yesterday that he is taking a new job as a lobbyist for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, which is trying to build a casino in Southeastern Massachusetts. *** But, “I would think […]
ADF: House on firm ground to defend DOMA House Speaker Boehner announces that U.S. House will initiate legal defense in wake of Dept. of Justice’s refusal to do so Thursday, March 10, 2011 WASHINGTON — U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner announced Wednesday that the House is initiating a legal defense of the federal […]